The Art of War in the Middle Ages A.D. 378-1515
by Charles Oman
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About This Book
This history of medieval warfare, originally written in 1885 when its author later one of the great medievalists was still an undergraduate at Oxford, remains for students and general readers one of the best accounts of military art in the Middle Ages between Adrianople in 378 A.D. (the most fearful defeat suffered by a Roman army since Cannae in 216 B.C.) and Marignano (1515 A.D.), the last of the triumphs of the medieval horseman. It was extensively revised and edited by John H. Beeler in 1953 to incorporate many new facts uncovered since the late nineteenth century.
Chapters (126)
- THE ART OF WAR IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- I. The Transition from Roman to Mediæval Forms in War. A.D. 378–582.
- II. The Early Middle Ages. A.D. 476–1066–81.
- III. The Byzantines and their Enemies.28 A.D. 582–1071.
- (1) Character of Byzantine Strategy.
- (2) Arms, Organization and Tactics of the Byzantine Armies.
- IV. The Supremacy of Feudal Cavalry. A.D. 1066–1346.
- V. The Swiss. A.D. 1315–1515.
- (1) Their Character, Arms, and Organization.
- (2) Tactics and Strategy.
- (3) Development of Swiss Military Supremacy.
- (4) Causes of the Decline of Swiss Ascendency.
- VI. The English and their Enemies. A.D. 1272–1485.
- VII. Conclusion.
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