Medieval Warfare Blog
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Byzantium and Eastern Europe: An interview with Maria Alessia Rossi and Alice Isabella Sullivan
This entry was posted on November 11, 2020
Recently, we spoke with Maria Alessia Rossi and Alice Isabella Sullivan, who are the organizers of North of Byzantium, a project that examines the connections between the Byzantine Empire and Eastern Europe .Read more -
Being struck by a springald
This entry was posted on October 28, 2020
Siege machines would have been the most powerful weapons of war possessed by a medieval army. .Read more -
The Cambridge History of War goes to the Middle Ages
This entry was posted on October 14, 2020
A first look at The Cambridge History of War, Volume 2: War and the Medieval World, edited by Anne Curry and David Graf. .Read more -
The Black Fog that defeated an army
This entry was posted on September 30, 2020
Medieval chroniclers often attribute victory or defeat in battle to divine forces. As the following example shows, this can come in the form of some strange weather. .Read more -
Ballad of the War Wagons
This entry was posted on September 16, 2020
Carts grumble and rattle and horses whinny and neigh as the conscripts pass, bows and quivers strapped to their waists. .Read more -
Preview of The Art of Medieval Warfare - our 2020 Special Issue
This entry was posted on September 2, 2020
Take a look as we flip through our Special Issue for 2020, where we showcase the best artwork created for Medieval Warfare over the last ten years. .Read more -
Why this book will be a must-read for medieval military historians
This entry was posted on August 19, 2020
This might be the most valuable book to be published in recent years for the field of medieval military history, and will surely have a huge impact on those studying and writing about warfare in the later Middle Ages. .Read more -
Preview of Medieval Warfare 10:3
This entry was posted on August 5, 2020
A video preview of issue 10:3 of Medieval Warfare, where we flip through the magazine and showcase the articles you can find inside. .Read more -
The Battle of Brunanburh - the view from the 18th century
This entry was posted on July 22, 2020
He entered into a confederacy with Anlaf, who had collected a great body of Danish pyrates, whom he found hovering in the Irish seas; and with some Welsh princes, who were terrified at the growing power of Athelstan: and all these allies made by concert an irruption with a great army into England. .Read more -
The War Poetry of Oswald von Wolkenstein
This entry was posted on July 8, 2020
Few medieval warriors could say they had such an interesting and varied career as Oswald von Wolkenstein. Fewer still could say they also wrote poems and songs about it. .Read more