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The battle of Crécy in 1346 is one of the most famous and widely studied military engagements in history. The repercussions of this battle were felt for hundreds of years, and the exploits of those fighting reached the status of legend. Yet cutting-edge research has shown that nearly everything that has been written about this dramatic event may be wrong. In this new study, Michael Livingston reveals how modern scholars have used archived manuscripts, satellite technologies and traditional fieldwork to help unlock what was arguably the battle's greatest secret: the location of the now quiet fields where so many thousands died. Crécy: Battle of Five Kings is a story of past and present. It is a new history of one of the most important battles of the Middle Ages: a compelling narrative account of the battle of Crécy that still adheres to the highest scholarly standards in its detail. It is also an account that incorporates the most cutting-edge revelations and the personal story of how those discoveries were made.

Crécy, Battle of, Crécy-en-Ponthieu, France, 1346 --- Military history, Medieval --- Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453

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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).

Civilization, Medieval. --- Military art and science --- Military history, Medieval. --- War and society. --- History --- Battle of Toro. --- Cutting-Edge Research. --- Eleventh-Century Georgia. --- European History. --- Fifteenth-Century England. --- France. --- Historiography. --- Medieval Illuminated Manuscript. --- Medieval Warfare. --- Military History. --- Military Research. --- Military Scholars. --- Military Tactics. --- War Strategies. --- War of the Two Pedros. --- Military history, Medieval --- Civilization, Medieval --- Politics and war --- War and society

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In the late Middle Ages and early modern times, able-bodied men between sixteen and sixty years of age were called upon all over Europe to participate in raids, sieges and battles, for the defense of home and hearth. Because these men are regarded as amateurs, military historiography has paid little attention to their efforts. This book aims to change that by studying the mobilization, organization and weaponry of popular levies for a time when war was frequently waged between states in the making. Central to the book is the composition and development of the rural and urban militias in Friesland, dissected in a comparative Northwest European perspective, along with an examination of why the self-defense of the Frisians ultimately failed in their efforts to preserve their political autonomy. The main source is an extensive series of muster lists from 1552 that have survived for six cities and fourteen rural districts.

Military history, Medieval --- Medieval military history --- Friesland (Netherlands) --- Frisia (Netherlands) --- Westerlauwers Friesland (Netherlands) --- Middle Frisia (Netherlands) --- Frise (Netherlands) --- Frieslandt (Netherlands) --- Fryslân (Netherlands) --- Militia --- History. --- HISTORY / Europe / General. --- Military History, Popular armies, Late Middle Ages, Early Modern Times, Frisia. --- Military history