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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle edited by Dorothy Whitelock (Greenwood
Press, 1986)
The most important work written in English before the Norman Conquest.
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Anglo-Saxon Shield by I P Stephenson (Tempus, 2002)
Argues that shields held far more cultural and military significance for the
Anglo-Saxon élite than swords and other weapons.
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Arms, Armies and Fortifications in the Hundred Years' War edited
by Anne Curry and Michael Hughes (Boydell Press, 1994)
Collection of essays offering recent research on aspects of the Hundred
Years War. It covers battle tactics, armies, warfare, fortifications and
warfare. A final group of papers studies surviving artefacts – weapons,
ships and monuments.
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Arte Gladiatoria Dimicandi: 15th-century swordsmanship of Master Filippo
Vadi by Fillipo Vadica (Paladin Press, 2002)
Translation of Fillipo Vadi's 15th-century manual. A precursor to the myriad
fencing manuals that followed in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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The Book of the Tournament: Essays on knighthood, chivalry and tournaments by
Brian R Price (Chivalry Bookshelf, 2002)
Collection of essays that relate to knighthood, chivalry and the tournament
as practised by today's tournament re-enactment groups.
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Codex Wallerstein: A medieval fighting book from the fifteenth century
on the longsword, falchion, dagger and wrestling by Grzegorz Zabinski
and Bartlomiej Walczak (Paladin Press, 2002)
One of the best known of the late medieval fencing treatises still
in existence. This edition features text and drawings in the original Middle
High German with modern German and English translations.
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The Crécy War by Alfred H Burne (Wordsworth Military Library,
1999)
Perennially popular historical account covering every battle and major skirmish
between England and France during the Hundred Years War.
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A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages: 378-1278 by Charles Oman
(Greenhill, 1999)
A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages: 1278-1485 by Charles Oman (Greenhill,
1991)
Two-volume work providing an excellent, well-researched look at the arms, tactics
and strategies of various medieval armies.
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Longbow: A social and military history by Robert Hardy (Haynes
Group, 1992)
Written by the veteran actor, this revised and expanded edition chronicles
the history of the longbow from the earliest-known example used 8,000 years
ago, through its coming of age at the battles of Crécy, Poitiers and
Agincourt, to its use as a hunting and sporting weapon, and its present-day
status in Britain.
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The Medieval Armour from Rhodes by W Karcheski
and T Richardson (Royal Armouries, 2000)
Essentially a catalogue of medieval armour, once the property of the Knights
of St John, discovered in the mid-19th century on the island of Rhodes.
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Medieval Combat: A fifteenth-century manual of swordfighting and close-quarter
combat by Hans Talhoffer (Greenhill, February 2004)
First published in 1467, this details the authentic combat techniques of a
Swabian master of arms, presenting not only a unique historic record but also
a visual guide for modern practitioners, with 268 illustrations and explanatory
captions.
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The Wars of the Roses by J R Lander (St Martins Press, 2004)
This account sets out to challenge the view that the Wars of the Roses were
the bloody, turbulent period depicted by Shakespeare. It suggests instead
that violence was prevalent among all levels of society.
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