Medieval Warfare 1300â"1450

Contents: Introduction; Part I Military Theory and Practice: Edward III and the dialectics of strategy, 1327-1360, Clifford J. Rogers; The French plan of battle during the Agincourt campaign, Christopher Philpotts; The battle of Verneuil (17 August 1424): towards a history of courage, Michael K. Jones; Changes in the nature of war in early 14th century Italy, Louis Green; Sir John Hawkwood and the English condottieri in trecento Italy, Kenneth Fowler; One man and his wars: the depiction of warfare by Marshal Boucicaut's biographer, Norman Housley; Military manuals in 15th-century England, Diane Bornstein. Part II Late Medieval Armies: The organisation of indentured retinues in 14th-century England, N.B. Lewis; The Bridport muster roll of 1457, Thom Richardson; Mounted infantry in medieval warfare, J.E. Morris; The payment of army wages in Edward III's reign, A.E. Prince; Victualling estimates for English garrisons in Scotland during the early 14th century, Michael Prestwich; The military class and the French monarchy in the late Middle Ages, John Bell Henneman; The ransome of Olivier du Guesclin, Christopher Given-Wilson. Part III War and Late Medieval Society: Towns and defence in later medieval Germany, David Eltis; The impact of war and occupation on urban life in Normandy, 1417-1450, Anne E. Curry; Popular response to standing military forces in 15th-century France, Paul D. Solon; Purveyance for war and the community of the realm in late medieval England, W.R. Jones; Italy and the companies of adventure in the 14th century, William Caferro. Part IV Popular Rebellions: The soldiery in late medieval urban society, Philippe Contamine; Patterns of urban rebellion in medieval Flanders, Jan Dumolyn and Jelle Haemers. Part V Late Medieval Crusading and the Ottoman Threat: Frontier societies and crusading in the late Middle Ages, Norman Housley; The lack of a Western European military response to the Ottoman invasions of Eastern Europe from Nicopolis (1396) to Moh¡