Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. ARTICLES
4. 1. A Lying Legacy? A Preliminary Discussion of Images of Antiquity and Altered Reality in Medieval Military History 1
5. 2. War and Sanctity: Saints’ Lives as Sources for Early Medieval Warfare 14
6. 3. The 791 Equine Epidemic and its Impact on Charlemagne’s Army 23
7. 4. The Role of the Cavalry in Medieval Warfare 46
8. 5. Sichelgaita of Salerno: Amazon or Trophy Wife? 72
9. 6. Castilian Military Reform under the Reign of Alfonso XI (1312-50) 88
10. 7. Sir Thomas Dagworth in Brittany, 1346–7: Restellou and La Roche Derrien 127
11. 8. Ferrante d’Este’s Letters as a Source for Military History 155
12. NOTE
13. Provisions for the Ostend Militia on the Defense, August 1436 176