CRUSADERS, CONDOTIERRI, AND CANNON:

MEDIEVAL WARFARE IN SOCIETIES AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN
 

Co-edited by Donald J. Kagay and L. J. Andrew Villalon
 


 

General Information:  Crusaders, Condotierri, and Cannon:  Medieval Warfare  in Societies around the Mediterranean, was published by Brill in 2002.  The collection is divided into six parts containing a total of seventeen articles that explore various aspects of Mediterranean warfare during the Middle Ages.  There are a number of maps, tables, and illustrations.

Alphabetical List of Contributors:

Nicolas Agrait 
Steven Bowman
William Caferro
Cynthia L. Chamberlin
David A. Cohen
Weston F. Cook, Jr.
Mark DePuy
Kelly DeVries 
Valerie Eads
Josep-David Garrido i Valls
Donald Kagay
Timothy M. May
Albert D. McJoynt  
Joseph F. O'Callaghan 
Douglas Sterling
Theresa M. Vann
L. J. Andrew Villalon
 

Table of Contents:

 

Part One - The Laws of War

Joseph F. O'Callaghan, "War (and Peace) in the Law Codes of Alfonso X"

 David A. Cohen, "Secular Pragmatism and Thinking about War in some Court Writings of Pere
            III el Cerimonios"  

Donald J. Kagay, "Princeps namque:  Defense of the Crown and the Birth of the Catalan State" 

Part Two - Crusaders at War

Douglas Sterling, "The Siege of Damietta:  Seapower in the Fifth Crusade, 1217-1221" 

Timothy M. May, "The Mongol Presence and Impact in the Lands of the Eastern
            Mediterranean" 

 Kelly DeVries, "The Effect of Killing the Christian Prisoners at the Battle of Nicopolis" 

Part Three - The Spanish Reconquest

Josep-David Garrido i Valls, "Enemies and Allies:  The Crown of Aragon and Al-Andalus in the Twelfth Century"

Cynthia L. Chamberlin, "The King Sent Them Very Little Relief":  The Castilian Siege of
            Algeciras, 1278-79"

Nicolas Agrait, "The Experience of War in Fourteenth-Century Spain:  Alfonso XI and the Capture of Algeciras (1342-1344) 

Part Four - The Conquest of Granada

Albert McJoynt, "An Appreciation of the War for Granada (1481-92):  A Critical Link in Western Military History"

Weston F. Cook, Jr., "The Cannon Conquest of Nasrid Spain and the End of the Reconquista" 

Part Five - Fourteenth Century Warfare

William Caferro, "Slaying the Hydra-Headed Beast:  Italy and the Companies of Adventure in the Fourteenth Century"  

L. J. Andrew Villalon, "Seeking Castles in Spain:  Sir Hugh Calveley and the Free Companies'
            Intervention in Iberian Warfare (1366-1369)"

Mark DePuy, "The Master's Hand and the Secular Arm:  Property and Discipline in the
            Hospital of St. John in the Fourteenth Century" 

Part Six - New Answers for Old Questions

Valerie Eads, "The Geography of Power:  Matilda of Tuscany and the Strategy of Active
            Defense"  

Steven Bowman, "Twelfth-Century Jewish Responses to Crusade and Jihad"  

Theresa M. Vann, "Reconstructing a 'Society Organized for War'" 

 


 
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