Medieval Warfare II.3 (PDF)

Medieval Warfare II.3

Theme: The rebirth of infantry – The improvement of infantry tactics and equipment in the Late Middle Ages

• Historical introduction – Jean-Claude Brunner, ‘the infantry’s tactical revolution’.
• The Source – Vassilis Pergalias, ‘The Battle of Courtrai’.
• Theme – Nils Visser, ‘Negating English archery on the late medieval battlefield’.
• Theme – Szymon Górski & Ewelina Wilczyska, ‘Jan Žižka and his wagons of war’.
• Theme – Erich Anderson, ‘The Battle of Arbedo and the Ascension of the Swiss Pike’.

Features:

• The Castle – Konstantin Nossov, ‘the medieval Muslim fortification of Ifriqiyah’.
• Special – Brian Burfield, ‘Diseases on the medieval battlefield’
• The Campaign – Dr. Kaveh Farrokh & Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani, ‘The Mongol Invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire’.
• Weapon Handling – Murray Dahm, ‘Codex Wallerstein’.