Titlebook: Medieval Warfare; Theory and Practice Helen Nicholson Textbook 2004Latest edition The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2004 Bui

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Helen NicholsonA wideranging study of medieval warfare in Europe which covers a period of over a thousand years. Provides a useful summary of modern research to enable comparisons and contrasts to be drawn across th

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The theory of warfare,Medieval warfare was such a supremely practical art that it may seem perverse to begin by considering theory. It is true that theory and practice were often far apart, yet the theory forms a basis from which the practice can be considered.

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ch to enable comparisons and contrasts to be drawn across thWarfare in medieval times was never static or predictable - although there were ideals and conventions to follow, in the field commanders had to use their initiative and adapt to the needs of the moment.In this concise, wide-ranging study,

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Naval warfare,ortation. However, by the thirteenth century it is possible from the surviving sources to identify tactics or methods of fighting which were specific to naval warfare, and which set warfare at sea apart from warfare on land.

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Military personnel, horseback and on foot. Gregory mentions that they were armed with javelins, or spears. The army had a large baggage train of wagons, which was left in the care of the less able-bodied when the army went to attack the church of St Vincent at Agen.

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