Medieval Warfare Blog

Working in the shadow of history

This entry was posted on March 28, 2013 by dirk.

After shamelessly having praised my home-town of Nijmegen in my previous blog, I think it’s time to give you a short introduction to an even... Read more

Limbourg brothers

This entry was posted on March 21, 2013 by dirk.

In one of the Facebook posts written by Jean-Claude Brunner, Jean-Claude refers to the catalogue entitled ‘The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the... Read more

Rumours from the East

This entry was posted on March 13, 2013 by dirk.

Word hasn’t spread far and wide yet, but a few of you might have already come across the word ‘Special’ in one of our previous... Read more

The Making-of “Zwingli at Novara 1513”

This entry was posted on March 6, 2013 by Misc Authors.

“Warrior bishops in the Middle Ages” is the theme of Medieval Warfare III-2. A warrior bishop is both a cleric and a soldier. The inclusion... Read more

The effect of heavy armour on the performances of knights, new experimental evidence

This entry was posted on February 20, 2013 by dirk.

Sidney Dean, contributor to Medieval Warfare I-1 and I-2, forwarded me an interesting link. The news item is about experiments, done by researchers from the... Read more

Review Luttwak's 'The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire'

This entry was posted on February 20, 2013 by dirk.

Here is a review of the book ‘The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire,’ by Edward N. Luttwak. Luttwak is also known for his book... Read more

Reader's letter: the Battle of Ravenna (full version)

This entry was posted on January 28, 2013 by dirk.

First of all, I would like to congratulate all of you on an outstanding magazine. I sincerely look forward to every issue. I was especially... Read more

Poll results Volume III

This entry was posted on October 16, 2012 by dirk.

A while ago, we have started a poll with which our readers could vote for the themes of the last four issues of Volume III... Read more

Sources for the letters of a reader, Dr. Khorasani & Dr. Farrokh in MW II.5

This entry was posted on October 3, 2012 by dirk.

In Medieval Warfare II.5, we have published a letter of one of our readers concerning the article of Dr. Manouchehr Khorasani & Dr. Kaveh Farrokh... Read more

Review: Courtrai 11 juillet 1302

This entry was posted on July 11, 2012 by dirk.

The infantry theme issue of Medieval Warfare II-3 features the fighting Flemish burghers prominently in Vassilis Pergalias’ article about The Battle of Courtrai 1302, also known... Read more