Medieval Warfare V.4 (PDF)

Medieval Warfare V.4

Theme: The Caliphate of Córdoba

• Theme – Galen Ford, 'Historical introduction - The Caliphate of Córdoba'
• The Source – Murray Dahm, 'Of the Best of Men - The courtpoets of the Adb-al Rahman'
• Theme – Mabel Villagra and Sidney Dean, 'Umar Ibn Hafsun - The man who whould be emir'
• Theme – Nicola Bergamo, 'The rise of Al-Mansur Bi-lah - The battle of Torrevicente'
• Theme – Carlos Dominguez, 'Leader of the Jihad - Almanzor against the christian kingdoms'
• Theme – Erich B. Anderson, 'Desert nomads come to Europe - Rise of the Berber mercenaries'

Features:

• The Castle – Konstantin Nossov, 'Assasin castles - Strongholds of a militant sect'
• Special – Filippo Donvito, 'Athens vs Sparta - The war of the Euboeote Succession'
• The Weapon – Scott Farrell, 'Mystery Swords - Bizarre fiftheenth century blade designs'