Volume 5 in this series on the enemies of Imperial Rome. This volume details those who threatened the Empire’s desert frontiers including the Berberi of North Africa, the Arabs, and…

The Carolingian Age, from the 8th to the 10th centuries AD, represented an important turning point in European history, and what is popularly regarded as mediaeval European warfare was born…

The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were a time of great upheaval for medieval France. In 1328 the Carpetian line came to an. This was the trigger for the Hundred Years…

The late David K. Jones spent four years visiting the Mississippi Delta conducting primary research with residents and local leaders to explore the connections between race, place, and health. He…

From humble beginnings, in the course of three centuries the Portuguese built the world’s first truly global empire, stretching from modern Brazil to sub-Saharan Africa and from India to the…

This volume deals principally with Western Europe and Byzantium, which for many centuries learnt from the Muslims in matters of arms, armour and military technology. Several articles also focus on…

Based on decades of research and newly available sources in Arabic and European languages, and illustrated with authentic photography, Volume 2 of the ‘Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955’…

Between the 13th and 15th centuries Russia developed along different lines from the rest of Europe. The Mongol conquest had an influence on arms, armour, organization, recruitment and tactics. This…