The Hundred Years War
August 9, 2021
To mark the publication of Michael P. Warner’s The Agincourt Campaign of 1415: The Retinues of the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester, we thought we’d take the opportunity to look… READ MORE
Category: Military History
The Journal of Medieval Military History XIX
June 18, 2021
We’re immensely proud of the Journal of Medieval Military History which has now reached its 19th volume. Thanks to the great work of volume editors and contributors the Journal quickly… READ MORE
Redcoats to Tommies
May 17, 2021
Kevin Linch uncovers the origins of Redcoats to Tommies (co-edited with Matthew Lord) and explains how it takes a new approach to the long and varied history of the British… READ MORE
The Books of… Jeffrey Forgeng
August 13, 2020
Over the past five years, Jeffrey Forgeng has contributed to our longstanding military history collection with three excellent titles, all translated editions of primary documents focused on medieval warfare training…. READ MORE
Places of Contested Power
July 13, 2020
As his latest book is published – an exploration of how and why certain locations were chosen for opposition to power – Ryan Lavelle recalls how dramatically varying forms of… READ MORE
Aesthetic Dissonance and Covid-19
June 10, 2020
Is Zoom Changing the Way We See? In a recent article in The New Yorker, Naomi Fry began exploring the aesthetic impact of Zoomification as a result of the radical… READ MORE
Crusading in Context
February 25, 2020
The crusading movement was a defining feature of the history of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Near East during the central and later Middle Ages. Ideas and practices associated with… READ MORE
Call for Papers: Social and Cultural Histories of Britain’s Military, 1660 – 1914
November 6, 2018
What was it like to be a soldier in Britain’s army in the redcoat era? While there is much written about wars, battles, tactics and fighting in this period, there… READ MORE
Hans Lecküchner’s Art of Swordsmanship
July 13, 2018
The hardback edition of The Art of Swordsmanship arrived just in time for us to take a pile of copies to that year’s Leeds IMC. And were we glad that… READ MORE
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