| - MASTER RESOURCE PAGES - |
Internet Medieval Sourcebook (ORB) - Fordham University
Websites for Medieval Military Historians - deremilitari.com.
Medieval Warfare (1) - comprehensive at Wikipedia . . . Medieval Warfare (2)
- good overview.
Warfare of the Medieval Era - Wikipedia category page . . . Battles of the Medieval Era - Wikipedia category page
 . Anglo-Saxon Weapon Names 1906 - Archeology and Etymology / complete book download, 6.0mb
List of Medieval Weapons . . . Shield and Weapon Weights . . . Arms and Armor Glossary
Antique Arms - excellent links page to dozens of online weapons collections.
Ewart Oakeshott's typology of the medieval sword . . . Arming Sword . . . Sword classification in detail
European Medieval Swords . . . Medieval Swords - Germanic Iron Age to 1450.
Development of the Sword - nice educational poster . . . Rondel
Arbalest . . . Crossbow . . . English longbow . . . Physics of Medieval Archery
Medieval and Renaissance Archers - links page.
Spear - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 . . . Halberd - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911.
Pike . . . Pikeman - Folio 27 Reverso / Maciejowski Bible c.1250.
| ARMOR - CHAIN MAIL to FULL PLATE |
History of Medieval Armor - Mail, Plate, Helmets . . .
Arms and Armor link page - Costumer's Manifesto
Arms and Armor - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911. . . European Arms and Armor - good links page.
Historic Arms and Armor Collections - discussion forum. . . .
Important Museum Armor Collections - links page.
. Carolingian Arms and Armor in the 9th Century - research / pdf document
Metallurgy and Production of European Armor
Medieval Arms and Armor Page - armor and costumes from Charlemagne to Louis XIII, A. Racinet 1888.
Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds - spectacular color photos of magnificent suits of armor.
French Medieval Armor - plates from A. Racinet 1888.
Helmet - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 . . .
Helmets of the Middle Ages and Renaissance - nice educational poster
Full Body Plate Armor - diagram and terms . . . Manufacture of Full Plate Armor - nice educational poster
Cuirass - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 . . . Horse Armor - nice educational poster
. Imperial Mongols - Nomad Armament and Home Made Weaponry / research, pdf document.
| CASTLES / SIEGES, FORTIFIED TOWNS and CITIES |
Motte and Bailey Castles, Ringworks. . . Motte and Bailey
Castle Keep . . . Castle Walls . . . Portcullis . . . Battlements.
Castles - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 . . . Medieval Castles . . . Medieval Fortification
. Castle Building in Central Europe - the international background / research, pdf document.
Catapults - 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica . . . Mangonel - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 . . . Trebuchet
Trebuchet - Scientific American, July 1995 / excellent.
Byzantines, Avars and the Introduction of the Trebuchet
. Byzantine Heavy Artillery - the Helepolis (cf Trebuchet) - research article / pdf document.
Siege . . . Sieges . . . Siege Engine
Medieval Mechanical Artillery . . . Medieval War Machines - demonstrations.
Siege Engines of the Middle Ages - Bricole, Couillard or Biffa, Trebuchet, Mangonel.
Balance Throwing Siege Engines - of the Middle Ages.
Demonstrations of Medieval War Machines - at historic Chateaux in France.
Medieval Siege Warfare - A Reconnaissance
Fortification and Siegecraft - 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Crusader Poliorcetics - the Art of Siege Warfare in the Middle Ages.
Castle Warfare during the Reign of English King Stephen - 1135-1154.
The Siege of Nottingham Castle - 1194 . . . Dover Castle and the Great Siege - 1216.
Oliver of Paderborn and his siege engine at Damietta (Egypt) - 1219 / Fifth Crusade
. Byzantine Siege Warfare - research article / pdf document
Colchester Castle (England) . . . Recent Excavations at Norwich Castle - begun 1067/1068.
Castles in Wales 1 - Historical Essays & Perspectives . . . Castles in Wales 2
Norman Castles in Wales . . . Edward I's Castles in Wales
Beau Mareys (Beaumaris) Castle (Wales) - 1295 . . . Caernarfon Castle (Wales) - 1283-1292.
Rebuilding of the Templar Castle at Sephat - 1240.
Guédelon Castle- constructing a replica 13thc castle
| WAR - TACTICS, BLOOD and DEATH |
. Merovingian Military Organization - origins in the late Roman Empire / research, pdf document.
. Warfare and Society in the Carolingian Ostmark - research article / pdf document.
Kings, Clergy and War at the Time of the Carolingians
Medieval Warfare - overview . . . The Art of War in the Middle Ages - course syllabus.
Knightly Arms - Plebian Arms
. Chaucer's Knight and the Medieval Laws of War - research article/ pdf document
Wars and Warriors in Gregory of Tours' Histories I-IV
The Evolution of Cohesion in European Armies - Middle Ages to 16th Century.
Medieval Thinking on War . . . Medieval Warfare Blog - at Dere Militari.
Myths of Medieval Warfare . . . Evolution of Medieval Warfare . . . Logistics of Medieval Warfare
The Military Revolution - A Medieval Perspective
Teenagers at War in the Middle Ages
. Military Service and the Robin Hood Legend - in the 14th Century / research, pdf document
The King’s Mirror as a Medieval Military Manual - c.1250.
. St. Augustine - Love and Hate in Medieval Warfare - research / pdf document.
Church justification for violence in the Middle Ages
Medieval France - Armies and Navies
Medieval War Bibliography - comprehensive as of 1998.
Links to Important Battles
In Search of the Oriflamme - historic banner of the French monarchy.
Half Sword - not a weapon, 'half sword' is a fighting technique.
Infantry - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 . . . Infantry in the Middle Ages
. Mounted Infantry in Medieval Warfare - research article / pdf document.
. The Ransom of Oliver Guesclin 1378/9 - research, pdf document
Capture the Knight Alive! - Agincourt Ransoms (1415)
Pay for the Troops - Mercenaries, Plunder and Ransom . . . Recruiting, Organization, Tactics
. War Finance in Aragon - mid 15th century / research, pdf document.
. Italy and the Companies of Adventure - in the 14th Century / research, pdf document
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Kievan Rus - The Struggle for Control 1235/6 / research, pdf document.
Military Intelligence in Arabo-Byzantine Naval Warfare - research ms
Byzantine Army - Anglo Saxons in the Varangian Guard.
. Byzantium in Battle - war is the least preferred method of defense / research, pdf document.
Mongols in the West - The Golden Horde gallops into Eastern Europe.
Establishment of the Ottomans - in the Balkans and South Eastern Europe.
. Latin Responses to the Expansion of the Ottomans - before 1389 / research, pdf document.
Medieval Manuscript Illustrations - Soldiers, Knights, Battles
Maciejowski Bible c.1250 - Armor, weapons and war in the 13th century
46 Folios from the 1927 Maciejowski Bible Reproduction
Invading Army Fights its Way into the City - Folio 3 / Maciejowski Bible c.1250
Knights Battle at the City's Walls - Folio 10 Recto / Maciejowski Bible c.1250
Knights and Archers take the City and the King is Hanged - Folio 10 Verso / Maciejowski Bible c.1250
Knights and Armies Battle at the City's Walls - Folio 11 Recto / Maciejowski Bible c.1250
Calvary Charge w/ Blowing Trumpets - Folio 13 / Maciejowski Bible c.1250
Knights attack the City's Walls with Catapult - Folio 23 Verso / Maciejowski Bible c.1250
Two Armies and Knights Collide in Battle - Folio 24 Verso bottom / Maciejowski Bible c.1250
Mounted Knights fight outside the City Walls - Folio 41 Reverso / Maciejowski Bible c.1250
| The MILITARY RELIGOUS ORDERS |
Military Orders and Orders of Knighthood
The Military Orders: Bibliographies . . . The Military Orders in the Eyes of Their Contemporaries - 1128-1291.
. Holy War in the Greek Orthodox World - Russian Chronicles 12th-16th Century / research, pdf document.
Teutonic Knights of St Mary's Hospital - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 . . . . Teutonic Knights
Teutonic Knights Historical Timeline
Battles Involving the Teutonic Knights - Wikipedia category page
Teutonic Knights in Prussia - Horses and Crossbows.
Marienbourg (Pomerania, Poland) - A huge / fortress castle that was home
to the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights. In French.
Marienbourg Fortress (Pomerania, Poland) - photos.
Königsberg, first built 1255 - residence of the Teutonic Knight's Marshall.
The Sense of Humor among the Teutonic Knights - of the Thirteenth Century.
. Livonia - Invasion, Conquest, Creation - research article / pdf document . . . Polish-Lithuanian–Teutonic War
John (1296-1346), King of Bohemia (1) - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 . . . John (1296-1346), King of Bohemia (2)
Teutonic Knights - Campaigns in Livonia . . . . Historical Overview of the Crusade to Livonia
Documents Relating to the Baltic Crusade - 1199-1266. . .
Victims of the Baltic Crusade
. Battle of Tannenberg (Grunwald) 1410 - research / pdf document.
The Hanseatic League and the Teutonic Order
. . . Wilhelm von Grumbach - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911
Knights Hospitaller
The Templars - Encyclopedia Britannica 1911 / a must read . . . The Knights Templars - history.
In Praise of the New Knighthood (Liber ad milites Templi: De laude novae militae) - by St. Bernard of Clairvaux.
The Bernardine Vision of Chivalry
Templar Trial in Cyprus . . . . Templar Trial Testimony in London - Truth, Myth of Fable? / research, pdf document.
The Chinon Parchment 1 - The Pope absolves the Templars, 1308
The Chinon Parchment 2 - text as issued by Pope Clement V.
The Chinon Parchment 3 - in the Vatican Secret Archives.
. Learn More - The Knights Templar: History, Demise and Possible Survival
| EARLY FIREARMS and the NEW WARFARE |
Ulrich Bretscher's Black Powder Page . . . Development of Gunpowder
. Gunpowder Composition for Rockets and Cannon
in Arabic Military Treatises -
In Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries / research, pdf document.
Gonne - the first handheld, portable firearm . . . The Two Oldest Handgonnes of Switzerland
Handgonnes and Matchlocks - a history of firearms to 1500.
Gunpowder Weapons of the 15th Century
Matchlock . . . Snaplock . . . Wheellock
Maitre Jehan de Montesiler and culverin (matchlock) - Siege of Orleans (1429).
Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol - Emperor Charles V, ca. 1540–1545
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor - his life, armor and weapons.
The First Cannons. . . . Development of Cannon . . . Bombard [Heavy Cannon]
Fifteenth-Century Gunpowder Artillery - in museums . . . Fifteenth-Century Iron Bombards
Joan of Arc and Gunpowder Weapons - Siege of Orleans (1429).
Cannon and the Fall of Constantinople 1453
Warfare and Firearms in Fifteenth Century Morocco - 1400-1492.
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