Routledge Revivals: A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages (1978)

Charles Oman

Preface; Table of Maps, Plans, and Illustrations; Book 1: The Transition from Roman to Medieval Forms of War 1. The Last Days of the Legion, A.D. 235-450 2. Commencement of the Supremacy of Cavalry, A.D. 450-552 Book 2: The Early Middle Ages, A.D. 500-768 3. The Visigoths, Lombards, and Franks 4. The Anglo-Saxons Book 3: From Charles The Great to The Battle of Hastings: 5. Charles The Great and the Early Carolingians 6. The Vikings 7. The Vikings Turned Back – The Feudal Horseman and The Feudal Castle – The Thegn and the Burh 8. The Magyars 9. Arms and Armour (800-1100) 10. Seigecraft and Fortification 11. The Last Struggles of Infantry – Hastings and Dyrrhachium Book 4: The Byzantines, A.D. 579-1204 12. Historical Development of the Byzantine Army 13. Arms and Organisation of the Byzantine Army 14. Decline of the Byzantine Army (1071-1204) Book 5: The Crusades, A.D. 1097-1291 15. Introductory 16. The Grand Strategy of the Crusades 17. The Tactics of the Crusades I. The Earlier Battles (1097-1102) 18. The Tactics of the Crusades II. The Later Battles (1119-1192) 19. The Great Defeats of the Crusaders Book 6: Western Europe – From the Battle of Hastings to the Rise of the Longbow 20. Introductory 21. The Armies of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 22. English Battles and Their Tactics (1100-1200) 23. English Battles and Their Tactics (1200-1272) 24. Continental Battles (1100-1278)