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Contrary to popular belief, armies in the Middle Ages were not just made up of knights in shining armor who brought along their small retinue of peasants to the battlefield. The reality was that medieval armies were assembled in a variety of ways depending on their purpose and various other factors. This video explains how to raise a medieval army in Europe for an offensive campaign outside one’s own borders.
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Chapters:
00:00-00:12 Intro
00:12-02:24 Step 1: Spread the Word
02:24-08:59 Step 2: Vertical Recruitment
08:59-15:16 Step 3: Horizontal Recruitment
15:16-17:23 Step 4: Fill Your Ranks
Bibliography:
In this video we heavily relied on
Rogers, C. J., Soldiers’ Lives Through History. The Middle Ages, Westport 2007.
Reynolds, S., Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted, Oxford 1994.
Halsall, G., Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900, London 2003.
Powers, J. F., A Society Organized for War. The Iberian Municipal Militias in the Central Middle Ages 100-1284, Berkeley 1984.
Macpherson, D. (Ed.), Rotuli Scotiae in Turri Londiniensi et in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi asservati, Vol. 1, London 1814..
Reading list:
Warfare:
Duffy, C., Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660, Vol. 1, 1979. [ Ссылка ]
Devries, K., Douglas, R., Medieval Military Technology, 1992, [ Ссылка ].
Rogers, C.J., The military revolution debate. Readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, 1995. [ Ссылка ]
Rogers, C.J., Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages, 2006. [ Ссылка ]
Parker, C., The Cambridge History of Warfare, 2005. [ Ссылка ]
Van Nimwegen, O., The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, 2010. [ Ссылка ]
Fiction related to the Early modern period:
Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeers [ Ссылка ]
Alexandre Dumas, 20 Years After [ Ссылка ]
Alexandre Dumas, The Vicomte de Bragelonne [ Ссылка ]
Markus Heitz, The Dark Lands [ Ссылка ]
Military Si-Fi recommendations:
Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (Series of 22 books on the Napoleonic Wars), [ Ссылка ]
Dan Abnett, The Founding: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) [ Ссылка ]
Dan Abnett, The Lost: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) [ Ссылка ]
Dan Abnett, The Saint A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) [ Ссылка ]
Glen Cook, Chronicles of the Black Company (Chronicles of the Black Company Series Book 1) [ Ссылка ]
Historiography:
Neville Morley, Writing Ancient History 1999. [ Ссылка ]
Albeit focused on ancient history, it's a brilliant book for anybody who is interested in what history actually is. Is it a story? How does it work in practise? Can writing history be objective? Is it "scientific"? What makes it a proper discipline at university?
