Medieval Warfare Blog

What's new in research on medieval military history

This entry was posted on May 4, 2019 by Peter Konieczny.

It's a good time to catch up on the latest research in the field of medieval military history - here are eight articles published in academic journals so far in 2019. All of them deal warfare in large or small part. A few are also Open Access, but the others you would have to pay for to read.  Read more

Inside the pages of Issue IX-1

This entry was posted on April 24, 2019 by Peter Konieczny.

As we started the ninth year of Medieval Warfare, we were looking for ways to improve the magazine. We try to get as much feedback as we can from our readers, and consistently we keep hearing from you that you would like to see articles that go more in-depth and more diversity. Read more

A knight from the British museum

This entry was posted on March 26, 2019 by Peter Konieczny.

Last year I had the opportunity to attend a special exhibition about the Middle Ages at the Canadian Museum of History. One particular artefact caught... Read more

Coming soon to Medieval Warfare magazine!

This entry was posted on March 12, 2019 by Peter Konieczny.

We want to give you a little preview of what you can find in upcoming issues of Medieval Warfare. Read more

John Keegan on the Battle of Agincourt

This entry was posted on February 27, 2019 by Peter Konieczny.

One of the first books I remembering reading about medieval warfare was The Face of Battle by John Keegan. I didn’t realize it at the time, but this book has been very big influence on the writing of military history. Read more

Edward I’s Invasion of Wales, according to the Chronicle of Six Ages of the World

This entry was posted on February 12, 2019 by Peter Konieczny.

Elis Gruffydd describes the English invasion of Wales in 1282-3 and the death of the Welsh Prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd. Read more

The Warrior Abbot

This entry was posted on January 30, 2019 by Peter Konieczny.

William Thorne’s Chronicle of St. Augustine’s monastery in Canterbury offers an interesting story in the year 1377. The chronicler explains with the recent death of... Read more

Remembering the Seventh Crusade 130 years later

This entry was posted on January 15, 2019 by Peter Konieczny.

I find it interesting to see how history evolves into legend - with the passing of time events get changed into new stories, which also... Read more

What you thought about 2018, and what you want for 2019

This entry was posted on December 27, 2018 by Peter Konieczny.

With the year winding down, I wanted to take a look back at how Medieval Warfare magazine has performed over the last 12 months. One... Read more

What can Conflict Archaeology tells us about medieval warfare?

This entry was posted on November 20, 2018 by Peter Konieczny.

A relatively new field is conflict archaeology - the study of past battlefields and places affected by warfare. Read more