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BATTLE IN THE MEDIEVAL IBERIAN PENINSULA: 11 TH TO 13 TH CENTURY CASTILE-LEON. STATE OF THE ART
Francisco García Fitz
Since the 19 th century, the analysis of planning and execution of battles, tactics and strategies in Castile-Leon during the High Middle Ages had been in the hands of professional militia and was strongly influenced by positivist assumptions. Starting in the 1970s, the gradual extension of major historiographical currents —mainly Annales and Marxism— which were highly focused on socioeconomic aspects, at Spanish universities, along with certain political prejudices existing at that time, kept these topics on the periphery of professional medievalism interests. Only starting in the mid-'90s would a renewal in these fields begin to come about, with influences from English-speaking and French historiography, which has made it possible to bring this subject into the academic mainstream at the present time.
The Battle of Salado (1340) Revisited (PDF UPON REQUEST)
Nicolas Agrait
Journal of Medieval Military History 12 (2014), 119-137
Prelude to Kephissos (1311): An Analysis of the Battle of Apros (1305)
2014 •
NIKOLAOS KANELLOPOULOS
One of the most impressive military feats of the fourteenth century was the activity of the Great Catalan Company in the eastern Mediterranean area. Initially a band of mercenaries in the service of Frederick of Sicily (1295–1337) and then of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282–1328), they turned into an autonomous fighting force against the Byzantines and settled permanently in the duchy of Athens. Their main strength and one of the principal reasons for their success lay in their military skills. They defeated the Turks in a series of battles; defeated the Byzantines at the battle of Apros; and took both the life and the duchy of the duke of Athens, Gautier I de Brienne (1308–1311) in the battle of Kephissos.This last battle is much acclaimed and well documented as it is deemed one of the first conflicts of the fourteenth century where an army of knights was defeated by a force on foot. Was Kephissos, however, the first time in the Company’s turbulent history that the Catalans fought on foot and prevailed against a force of horsem*n? A fresh analysis of the battle of Apros demonstrates that in all probability in 1305 a Byzantine force of horsem*n was defeated by the Catalan foot soldiers. Thus, the objective of this paper is the examination of the Catalan art of war that culminated in the battle of Apros, which can be considered a most accurate foreshadowing of Kephissos. In order to achieve our goal we must turn to the battles the Company fought in Asia Minor and eastern Thrace before 1305, since these conflicts illustrate the development of the Catalans’ military tactics. A further issue to be dealt with is the influence, if any, of the Catalan art of war on late Byzantine military practice. This interaction is investigated by examination of Byzantine military tactics throughout the fourteenth century and tracing down any possible connection with the distinctive Catalan methods.
War in the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1600.pdf
2018 •
Francisco García Fitz, Javier Albarrán, Jon Andoni Fernández de Larrea Rojas, Martín ALVIRA CABRER, Miguel Gomes Martins
War in the Iberian Peninsula, 700–1600 is a panoramic synthesis of the Iberian Peninsula including the kingdoms of Leon and Castile, Aragon, Portugal, Navarra, al-Andalus and Granada. It offers an extensive chronology, covering the entire medieval period and extending through to the sixteenth century, allowing for a very broad perspective of Iberian history which displays the fixed and variable aspects of war over time. The book is divided kingdom by kingdom to provide students and academics with a better understanding of the military interconnections across medieval and early modern Iberia. The continuities and transformations within Iberian military history are showcased in the majority of chapters through markers to different periods and phases, particularly between the Early and High Middle Ages, and the Late Middle Ages. With a global outlook, coverage of all the most representative military campaigns, sieges and battles between 700 and 1600, and a wide selection of maps and images, War in the Iberian Peninsula is ideal for students and academics of military and Iberian history.
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Simon Doubleday
Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies
Legacy and change: medieval warfare in Castile through the chronicle of Grand Master Alonso de Monroy (fifteenth century)
2019 •
Carlos J. Rodríguez Casillas
This study analyzes the management of warfare in the context of the violent political situation in Extremadura in the fifteenth century. This analysis will be based on the events described in the chronicle of Alonso de Monroy, Grand Master of the Order of Alcántara. The text showcases a set of tactics and warfare techniques inherited from previous centuries, along with some of the military transformations taking place at the time, like the use of handgunners on horseback and the growing importance of infantry units on the battlefield.
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Robert I Frost
VAUBAN'S SIEGE LEGACY IN THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION, 1702-1712. Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State University, 2002.
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Jamel Ostwald
“Techniques of Seigneurial War in the Fourteenth Century.” Journal of Medieval History. Vol. 36 (2010): 90–103
Justine Firnhaber-Baker
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