Looks at warfare as a way of life during the Middle Ages, and discusses specific wars and battles, leaders, kings, armies, weapons, and conquerors of the time.
Content Note
1. Warrior nobles ; War and the Church ; The Normans ; 1066: the year of three battles ; Castles -- 2. Holy war ; Siege warfare ; Warrior Monks of Outremer ; Muslim holy war ; Chivalry ; The dead of Visby -- 3. The Hundred Years War ; English victory ; The Campaign of Crecy -- 4. The Black Prince's War ; Chivalry in Decline -- 5. Joan of Arc ; Gunpowder ; Swiss footsoldiers -- 6. The Wars of the Roses ; New armies.