ABSTRACT
First published in 1898, this history of medieval warfare, written by one of the great medievalists of his time, Sir Charles Oman, remains for students and general readers one of the best accounts of military art in the Middle Ages. The book begins with the significant battle of 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. This edition is based on Methuen’s 1978 revised and enlarged edition, which includes new chapters and the author’s original preface.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Book I|37 pages
The Transition from Roman to Mediæval Forms in War
part Book II|34 pages
The Early Middle Ages A.D. 500–768
part Book III|96 pages
From Charles the Great to the Battle of Hastings A.D. 768–1066
chapter VII|20 pages
The Last Struggles of Infantry—Battles of Hastings (1066) and Dyrrhachium (1081)
part Book IV|60 pages
The Byzantines A.D. 579–1204
part Book V|124 pages
The Crusades 1097–1291
part Book VI|172 pages
Western Europe from the Battle of Hastings to the Rise of the Longbow