Presents various aspects of warfare during the period of the crusades within the cultures most directly involved. This volume looks at Christian and in a few cases pagan armies whose…

Salah al Din Yusif ibn Ayyub, known to his Muslim contemporaries as al Nasi, ‘The Victorious’, and to an admiring Europe as Saladin, is the most famous single figure in…

The Great War of 1914-18 is often seen as one major battleground - the Western Front - with numerous ‘side-shows’. The other battle zones were not side-shows to those involved…

The Battle of Crecy was the first major battle of the Hundred Years War. The English army triumphed despite being outnumbered and it established the reputation of the longbow as…

The Hospitallers were the first of the Secular Crusading Orders to be created, and they played a major part in the military struggle between Christendom and the Islamic World. This…

One of the key battles of the Hundred Years’ War, the Battle of Poitiers had huge political consequences. Fought in the picturesque Loire Valley, it led to the capture of…

The clash between King Richard I ‘The Lionheart’ of England and Saladin has become legendary. Throughout the ages, military enthusiasts have been fascinated by the strategy of the resolute, heavily…

During the Middle Ages Islam was Christian Europe’s only civilised and most troublesome neighbour, the Middle Ages saw almost continual strife between these two distinct cultures. By the time the…