Medieval Warfare II.5 (PDF)

Medieval Warfare II.5

Theme: Turmoil in northern Italy: the War of the League of Cambrai

• Historical introduction – Nils Visser
• The Source – Vassilis Pergalias, 'Analysing Machiavelli’s Art of War'.
• Theme – Filippo Donvito, 'The battle of Ravenna'.
• Theme – Jean-Claude Brunner, 'The Pope's gift to the Swiss: Julius II's 1512 presentation banners'.
• Theme – Sidney Dean, 'The Battle of Marignano, 1515'.

Features:

• The Castle – Konstantin Nossov, ‘Strife over the straits: medieval fortresses on the Bosporus and the Dardanelles (part I)'.
• Special – Armen Ayvazyan, 'Byzantine Military Pragmatism vs. Imperial Prejudice: the Armenians in Maurice’s Strategikon'.
• The Battle – Owen Rees, 'The Battle of Bryn Glas (1402)'.
• Weapon Handling – Tim Newark, 'Knights and bows.'