"The leading academic vehicle for scholarly publication in the field of
medieval warfare." Medieval Warfare
The twenty-first volume of the Journal of Medieval Military History
begins with three studies examining aspects of warfare in the Latin
East: an archaeological report on the defenses of Jerusalem by Shimon
Gibson and Rafael Y. Lewis; a study of how military victories and
defeats (viewed through the lens of carefully shaped reporting) affected
the reputation, and the flow of funds and recruits to, the Military
Orders, by Nicolas Morton; and an exploration of how the Kingdom of
Jerusalem quickly recovered its military strength after the disaster of
Hattin by Stephen Donnachie. Turning to the other side of the
Mediterranean, Donald J. Kagay analyzes how Jaime I of Aragon worked to
control violence within his realms by limiting both castle construction
and the use of mechanical artillery. Guilhem Pépin also addresses the
limitation of violence, using new documents to show that the Black
Prince's sack of Limoges in 1370 was not the unrestrained bloodbath
described by Froissart. The remaining three contributions deal with
aspects of open battle. Michael John Harbinson offers a large-scale
study of when and why late-medieval men-at-arms chose to dismount and
fight on foot instead of acting tactically as cavalry. Laurence W.
Marvin reconsiders the Battle of Bouvines, concluding that it was far
from being a ritualized mass duel. Finally, Michael Livingston
elucidates some principles for understanding medieval battles in
general, and the battle of Agincourt in particular.
