This collection gathers together some of the best published work on war in the Middle Ages. The first section of seven papers shows that throughout Europe in the later Middle Ages generals led and armies followed what are usually defined as "modern" strategy and tactics, contrary to popular belief. The second part reprints nine works that examine the often neglected aspects of the process of putting and keeping together a late medieval army. In the third section the authors discuss various ways that warfare in the fourteenth and fifteenth century affected the society of that period. The final sections cover popular rebellions and crusading.

Kelly DeVries is Professor at the Department of History, Loyola College, USA

Contents: Introduction; Part I Military Theory and Practice: Edward III and the dialectics of strategy, 1327-1360, Clifford J. Rogers; The French plan of battle during the Agincourt campaign, Christopher Philpotts; The battle of Verneuil (17 August 1424): towards a history of courage, Michael K. Jones; Changes in the nature of war in early 14th century Italy, Louis Green; Sir John Hawkwood and the English condottieri in trecento Italy, Kenneth Fowler; One man and his wars: the depiction of warfare by Marshal Boucicaut's biographer, Norman Housley; Military manuals in 15th-century England, Diane Bornstein. Part II Late Medieval Armies: The organisation of indentured retinues in 14th-century England, N.B. Lewis; The Bridport muster roll of 1457, Thom Richardson; Mounted infantry in medieval warfare, J.E. Morris; The payment of army wages in Edward III's reign, A.E. Prince; Victualling estimates for English garrisons in Scotland during the early 14th century, Michael Prestwich; The military class and the French monarchy in the late Middle Ages, John Bell Henneman; The ransome of Olivier du Guesclin, Christopher Given-Wilson. Part III War and Late Medieval Society: Towns and defence in later medieval Germany, David Eltis; The impact of war and occupation on urban life in Normandy, 1417-1450, Anne E. Curry; Popular response to standing military forces in 15th-century France, Paul D. Solon; Purveyance for war and the community of the realm in late medieval England, W.R. Jones; Italy and the companies of adventure in the 14th century, William Caferro. Part IV Popular Rebellions: The soldiery in late medieval urban society, Philippe Contamine; Patterns of urban rebellion in medieval Flanders, Jan Dumolyn and Jelle Haemers. Part V Late Medieval Crusading and the Ottoman Threat: Frontier societies and crusading in the late Middle Ages, Norman Housley; The lack of a Western European military response to the Ottoman invasions of Eastern Europe from Nicopolis (1396) to Mohá