The essays in this volume of the Journal continue its proud tradition
of presenting cutting-edge research with a wide chronological and
geographical range, from eleventh-century Georgia (David IV's use of the
methods described in De velitatione bellica) to fifteenth-century
England and France (a detailed analysis of the use of the
under-appreciated lancegay and similar weapons). Iberia and the Empire
are also addressed, with a study of Aragonese leaders in the War of the
Two Pedros, a discussion of Prince Ferdinand's battle-seeking strategy
prior to the battle of Toro in 1476, and an analysis and transcription
of a newly-discovered Habsburg battle plan of the early sixteenth
century, drawn up for the war against Venice. The volume also embraces
different approaches, from cultural-intellectual history (the afterlife
of the medieval Christian Warrior), to experimental archaeology (the
mechanics of raising trebuchets), to comparison of "the face of battle"
in a medieval illuminated manuscript with its depiction in modern films,
to archivally-based administrative history (recruitment among the
sub-gentry for Edward I's armies).
Contributors: David S. Bachrach, Daniel Bertrand, Peter Burkholder,
Ekaitz Etxeberria Gallastegi, Michael John Harbinson, Steven Isaac,
Donald J. Kagay, Tomaz Lazar, Mamuka Tsurtsumia