Ravensgard Medieval Military

• Military Bibliography
• Anglo-Saxon Military
• Old Norse Military
• The Crusades
• Thott 290 2"+ - Meister Hans Thalhofer: Alte Armatur und Ringkunst (Art of War)
• Armamentarium, Roman military information
• The Art of Warfare
• To Cry a Joust
• Description Of Elizabethan England, 1577 Chapter XVI: Of The Navy Of England
• The Geometry of War
• Glossaries and Bibliographies (The Castle, The World of Chivalry, Cooking, The Ecclesiastical World, The Feudal Realm, and The Manor)
• Helga Holm - 1285-1345, medieval long ship
• Mary Rose
• Medieval Fiefdom
• Medieval Welsh Warriors and Warfare
• Portsmouth: The Mary Rose
• De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History
• Sloan's summary of the Great Stirrup Debate
• Sun Tzu: On the Art of War
• Sun Tzu with Giles commentary
• Welsh warfare
• Women as Warriors in History

• Cleveland Museum of Art    6/12/07
  • Cranequin
  • Cranequin
  • Crossbow
  • Crossbow of Elector Augustus I of Saxony and Cranequin with Arms of Elector Augustus I of Saxony c. 1553-1573
  • Crossbow Bolt 16th-17th century
  • Crossbow Bolt 16th-17th century
  • Crossbow Bolt 16th-17th century
• Crossbow FAQ - Crossbow history - maintained by Ausbow Industries
• Defensive Archery Techniques
• Holden's Traditional Archery
• OYB: Whitling A Longbow
• Precision Arrow Matching
• Regia's Saxon Archery Page
• Sagittarius Twente: University Archery Club updated 6/12/07 all
  • Archery articles
    • The Decline of the Longbow
    • The Medieval English Longbow
    • Some Speculation on the Nature of Longbowstrings
    • Further Speculation on the Nature of Longbowstrings
    • Ten Basic steps in Archery
    • Archery FAQ's
• SCA Archery Homepage    6/12/07
• A Shot in Time (A Brief History of Archery)
• Sven's Archery

• The Arador Armour Library
• Armory - Photos of Armor
• The Armour Archive    5/12/07
  • Wisby Coat-of-Plates    5/12/07
  • Wisby Coat-of-Plates 2    5/12/07
• Arms and Armour of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age    6/12/07
• Arms and Armor of the Roanoke Island Colonist
• Arms & Armour Glossary of Terms
• Authentic Antique Sword Photos
• Björns svärdssida    6/12/07
• Buckle from the sword belt from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo    6/12/07
• Byzantine Lamellar Armour    6/12/07
• Cleveland Museum of Art    6/12/07 all
  • Arms, Armor and Simple Machines, Grades 4-6
  • Cool Knights: Armor from the European Middle Ages and Renaissance
  • Helmets
    • Barbute (from the Venetian Garrrison at Chalcis)
  • Mail
    • Bishop's Mantle (Cape) c. 1520-1530
    • Brayette 1400s
    • Collar 1400s
    • Hauberks
    • 1400s
    • 1400s (2)
    • 1400s (3)
    • 1400s (4)
    • 1400s (5)
    • 1400s (6)
    • Closeup early 1400s
  • Half Armor for the Foot Tournament c. 1590
  • Half Armor for the Foot Tournament c. 1590
  • Partial Suit of Armor in Maximilian Style c. 1525
  • Weapons
    • Dagger c. 1550
    • Dagger c. 1550-1600
    • Dagger and Scabbard 1600s; blade 1500s
    • Parrying Dagger c. 1580-1610
    • Parrying Dagger c. 1600
    • Sword c. 1350
    • Sword 1400s
    • Sword c. 1450
    • Sword c. 1550
    • Parade Sword c. 1500-1525
    • Hand-and-a-Half Sword c. 1500
    • Hand-and-a-Half Sword c.1540-1580
    • Hand-and-a-Half Sword c.1550
    • Two-Handed Sword 1550-1600
    • Two-Handed Sword 1550-1600 (2)
    • Two-Handed Sword 1550-1600 (3)
    • Two-Handed Sword 1550-1600 (4)
    • Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade 1550-1600
    • Two-Handed Sword of the State Guard of Julius of Brunswick-Lunüneburg 1574
    • Estoc c. 1500-1525
    • Rapier c. 1580-1610
    • Rapier c. 1600
    • Rapier c. 1600 (2)
    • Halberd 1475-1500
    • Halberd c. 1480-1500
    • Halberd c. 1500-1525
    • Halberd c. 1520
    • Halberd c. 1580
    • Halberd c. 1550
    • Parade Halberd with Arms of Elector Christian I of Saxony 1586-1591
    • Battle Axe 1400s
    • Battle Axe late 16th Century
    • Partisan c. 1550-1600
    • Corsèque (Chauve-Souris) c. 1530
    • Bardiche (Pole Axe) 1500s
    • Bill c. 1480
    • Seven-Flanged Mace c. 1540-1550
• The Coppergate Helm    5/12/07
• Elizabethan Fencing and the Art of Defence
• Fencing History    6/12/07
• Firearms
  • Period Firearms: What kinds of guns are 'period'?    5/12/07
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art - Double-Barreled Wheellock Pistol of Emperor Charles V, ca. 1540-1545    5/12/07
  • Cleveland Museum of Art    6/12/07 all
    • Wheel-Lock Hunting Pistol 1578
    • Powder Flask 1500s(?)
    • Powder Flask c. 1550
    • Powder Flask c. 1550-1580
    • Powder Flask c. 1560-1570
    • Powder Flask with Standing figures of a Man and Woman 1570
    • Powder Horn c. 1580
    • Powder Horn (with Scene of Judgment of Paris) c. 1590
    • Powder Flask c. 1580-1600
    • Powder Flask late 1500s-early 1600s
    • Patron (Cartridge Box) c. 1600
• Higgins Armory Museum    5/12/07
• Historical Fencing Manuals Online -- Swords & Swordsmanship    6/12/07
• Historical - Fencing Terminology
• How a Man Shall be Armyd    5/12/07
• Imperial Austria: Treasures of Art, Arms and Armor from the State of Styria
  • Why was Armor Made?
  • Tournamentand Ceremonial Armor
  • Arms and Armor as Art Form and the Decorated Surface
• Dr. Rudolf Koch    5/12/07
  • Armourer
  • Armourer
  • Mail-maker
  • Armourer
  • Armourer
  • Armourers and Mail-makers
• Ninth Century Shields from Tirskom Bog, Latvia
• Medieval Armor - Sketches
• Medieval Hand Weapons
• Medieval Sourcebook: Bonfils Manganelli: Hiring of a Suit of Armor, 1248
• Mediæval Sword Resource Site
• Mediaeval Sword Virtual Museum
• Medieval Weapons of Foot Soldiers
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Introduction to Arms and Armor updated 5/12/07
  • The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480 1620    5/12/07
  • Arms and Armor: Notable Acquisitions 1991 2002    5/12/07
  • European Helmets, 1450 1650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection    5/12/07
  • Knights in Central Park    5/12/07
  • Armor, ca. 1400 and later    5/12/07 or here    5/12/07
  • Armor for Henry II of France, ca. 1555    5/12/07
  • Armor of George Clifford, Third Earl of Cumberland, ca. 1580 1585    5/12/07 or here    5/12/07
  • Armor for Field and Tournament, dated 1527    5/12/07
  • Sword, 10th century    5/12/07
  • Spangenhelm, 6th century    5/12/07
  • Sword, ca. 1400    5/12/07
  • Shield of Henry II of France, ca. 1555    5/12/07
  • Burgonet with Falling Buffe, ca. 1555    5/12/07
  • Tournament Shield (Targe), ca. 1450    5/12/07
  • Tournament Helm (Stechhelm), ca. 1500    5/12/07
  • Portions of a Costume Armor, ca. 1525    5/12/07
  • Armor of Emperor Ferdinand I, dated 1549    5/12/07
  • Sallet, 1470 1480    5/12/07
  • Elements of a Light-Cavalry Armor, ca. 1510    5/12/07
  • Burgonet, dated 1543    5/12/07
  • Shield, ca. 1535    5/12/07
  • Parade Helmet in Hispano-Moresque Style, late 15th early 16th century    5/12/07
• NetSword: The Internet Sword and Medieval Weapons Discussion Group
• Other manuals on medieval and renaissance combat
• Paradoxes of Defence (1599)
• Pictorial Glossary of Armor Terms updated 6/12/07
• Rapiers    6/12/07
• The Royal Armouries Museum updated 5/12/07
• Russian medieval arms and armor
• Shield Rivet patterns from the Bayeux Tapestry    5/12/07
• Legends - Swashbucklers and Fops
• Legends - Swashbucklers & Fops(more on Swordplay)
• Sword Forum International    5/12/07
• Swords, by Steven R. Marsh
• Swords and Fencing Terminology and Glossary    6/12/07
• Swordwork    6/12/07
• Therion Arms - arms and armor resources
• Throwing Axes    6/12/07
• Weaponry: The Caltrop    5/12/07
• Weaponry: Norman Arms and Armour    5/12/07
• Weapons    6/12/07
• The Weapons Room

• Almanach de la Cour - Listing of Essays
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Chivalry
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Hospitallers or Knights of Malta
• Catholic Encyclopedia: The Knights Templars
• Catholic Encyclopedia: The Military Orders
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Order of the Knights of Christ - Portuguese Templars
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Teutonic Order: Warriors and Healers
• Chivalry, Knighthood, and Castles
• History of Knighthood
• Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Resource Library
• Knighthood and Orders of Chivalry
• The Knights Hospitallers Time Line
• Medieval Sourcebook: Peace of God - Synod of Charroux, 989
• Medieval Sourcebook: Truce of God - Bishopric of Terouanne, 1063
• ORB: In Praise of the New Knighthood (Liber ad milites Templi: De laude novaemilitae)
• ORB: Military Orders
• ORB: The Rule of St. Benedict Compared with the Rule of the Templars
• The Order of Hospitallers
• Rule and Statutes of the Teutonic Knights, 1264+
• Training of a Squire, John Harding

• French Military Architecture
• Castell Henllys
• Castillos (Spanish Castles)
  • Castilla y León (norte)
  • Castilla y León (sur)
  • Cast. Mancha y Madrid
  • Extremadura
  • Andalucía y Murcia
  • Valencia y Baleares
  • Cataluña
  • Aragón
  • Navarra/Rioja/P.Vasco
  • Regiones Cantábricas
• Castle Ground Plans
• Castles: Some History, Pictures and Plans
• Castles Along the Rhein River
• Castles and Palaces of Poland
• Castles, Plague, Witch Trials
• Castles in Belgium
• Castles in Wales
• Castles of Britain
  • About Castles
  • Life in a Medieval Castle
  • The Castles of Britain Learning Center
• The Castles of Germany
• The Castles of Wales
  • Welsh Castle Index
  • Major Castles in Northeast Wales    6/12/07
  • Minor Castles: Glamorgan & Gower    6/12/07
  • Norman Castles in Wales    6/12/07
  • Life in a Medieval Castle
  • Definition of a Castle
  • Documentary Evidence for the Castles of Wales    6/12/07
  • Castle Terminology
  • Mote and Bailey Castles and Ringworks
  • Specific Castles    6/12/07 all
    • Acton Burnell Castle
    • Barry Castle
    • Beaumaris Castle
    • Beaupre Castle
    • Benton Castle
    • Bishop's Moat
    • Blaenllynfi Castle
    • Brecon Castle
    • Bronllys Castle
    • Builth Castle
    • Builth Wells Castles
    • Caer Penrhos
    • Caerau Castle Ringwork
    • Caergwrle Castle
    • Caerleon Castle
    • Caernarfon Castle
    • Caerphilly Castle
    • Caldicot Castle
    • Candleston Castle
    • Cardiff Castle
    • Cardigan Castle
    • Carew Castle
    • Carmarthen Castle
    • Carn Fadryn Castle
    • Carndochan Castle
    • Carreg Cennen Castle
    • Carreghoffa Castle
    • Castell Coch
    • Castell Crug Eryr
    • Castell Cynfael
    • Castell Dinas Bran
    • Castell Dinas
    • Castell Dinerth
    • Castell Gwallter
    • Castell Morgraig
    • Castell Prysor
    • Castell Tinboeth
    • Castell Trefadog
    • Castell Troggy
    • Castell y Bere
    • Caus Castle
    • Chepstow Castle
    • Chirk Castle
    • Cilgerran Castle
    • Clifford Castle
    • Clun Castle
    • Clyro Castle
    • Coity Castle
    • Colwyn Castles
    • Conwy Castle
    • Criccieth Castle
    • Crickhowell Castle
    • Cwm Camlais Castle
    • Cymer Castle
    • Dale Castle
    • Degannwy Castle
    • Denbigh Castle
    • Deudraeth Castle
    • Dinas Emrys
    • Dinas Powys Castle
    • Dinefwr Castle
    • Dinham Castle
    • Dingstow Castle
    • Dolbadarn Castle
    • Dolbenmaen Motte
    • Dolforwyn Castle
    • Dolwyddelan Castle
    • Dyserth Castle
    • Ewloe Castle
    • Flint Castle
    • Goodrich Castle
    • Gro Tump
    • Grosmont Castle
    • Harlech Castle
    • Haverfordwest Castle
    • Hawarden Castle
    • Hay Castle
    • Hen Blas Castle
    • Hen Domen Castle
    • Hluboka
    • Hohensalizburg
    • Holt Castle
    • Hopton Castle
    • Karlstejn
    • Kenfig Castle
    • Kidwelly Castle
    • Konopiste
    • Landimore Castle
    • Laugharne Castle
    • Llanblethian Castle
    • Llandovery Castle
    • Llangadog Castle
    • Llangibby Motte & Castle
    • Llangynwyd Castle
    • Llansteffan Castle
    • Llantrisant Castle
    • Llanvair Castle
    • Llawhaden Castle
    • Longtown Castle
    • Loughor Castle
    • Manorbier Castle
    • Monmouth Castle
    • Montgomery Castle
    • Morlais Castle
    • Narberth Castle
    • Neath Castle
    • Nevern Castle
    • New Radnor Castle
    • Newcastle Castle
    • Newcastle Emlyn Castle
    • Newport Castle
    • Newport Castle
    • Ogmore Castle
    • Oxwich Castle
    • Oystermouth Castle
    • Painscastle Castle
    • Pembroke Castle
    • Pen y Mwd Castle
    • Pencoed Castle
    • Penhow Castle
    • Penmaen Castle
    • Penmark Castle
    • Pennard Castle
    • Penrhos Castle
    • Penrice Castle
    • Picton Castle
    • Raglan Castle
    • Rhuddlan Castle
    • Rhyd y Gors Castle
    • Richard's Castle
    • Roch Castle
    • Rumney Castle
    • Skenfrith Castle
    • St Clears Castle
    • St Donats Castle
    • St Fagan's Castle
    • Swansea Castle
    • Sycharth Castle
    • Tenby Castle
    • The Welsh D-Tower
    • Tomen y Bala Castle
    • Tomen y Faerdre
    • Tomen y Mur
    • Tomen y Rhodwydd Castle
    • Tretower Castle & Court
    • Twmpath Castle
    • Twthill Castle
    • Upton Castle
    • Usk Castle
    • Welshpool Castle
    • Weobley Castle
    • White Castle
    • Whittington Castle
    • Wigmore Castle
    • Wiston Castle
• Castles on the Web
• Castles of the World
• Chivalry, Knighthood, and Castles
• Cupola's Medieval Architecture Gallery One
• Dolforwyn Castle
• Dysert O'Dea Castle, Ennis Ireland
• The English Medieval Castle
• Fortification 1593
• Ghent, Belgium
• Glossaries and Bibliographies (The Castle, The World of Chivalry, Cooking, The Ecclesiastical World, The Feudal Realm, and The Manor)
• Glossary: Castle Terms
• Welcome to Grange Castle
• The Gravensteen, Ghent, 9th-14th centuries, largely 1180-1200.
• An Introduction to the Fief and Castle
• Island Castles
• Medieval Castles in Finland
• Medieval Fortifications
• The Medieval Fortress of the Louvre
• Medieval Timeline Reference (with Virtual Castles)
• Montague 5/12/07 all
  • Concentric Castle
  • Keep and Bailey Castle
  • Medieval Castle Architecture
  • Motte and Bailey Castle
• Peel Castle - Virtual Tour
• A Virtual Tour of Raglan Castle
• Schloss Reichenstein a Medieval Castle
• Skipton Castle
• Skipton Castle
• Stokesay Castle
  • Castle Thornwood's Stokesay Castle photos, various sources
  • CastleWales' Stokesay Castle
  • Fiddler's Green Stokesay Castle model
  • Heritage Trail - Stokesay Castle
  • Lise Hull's Stokesay Castle Home Page
  • Stokesay Castle photos from Oman
  • Stokesay Castle in Pennsylvania
  • Virtual Shropshire, Stokesay Castle
• Sven's Fortifications
• Vadum Iacob Research Project (a Templar Castle on the Jordan River)
• The Walled Town of Carcassone
• Welsh Castle Tours

• Castle Siegecraft and Defence
• Giant Medieval War Machine Is Wowing British Farmers And Scaring the Sheep
• The Grey Company Trebuchet Page
• Keel Breaker, Sienna, 15th Century CE
• Medieval Siege Weapons    5/12/07
• Nova: Medieval Siege
• Siege Ladder, Rome, 537 CE
• Sven's Trebuchets
• Trebuchet Plans
• Trebuchet, Siena, early 15th century CE

• The Crusades
• 991 AD - The Battle of Maldon    6/12/07
• Medieval Sourcebook: Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours, 732
• The Battle of Falkirk    6/12/07
• Battle of Montaperti: 13th Century Violence on the Italian "Hill of Death"    6/12/07
• The Battle of Stirling Bridge
• The Battle of Stirling Bridge    6/12/07
• The Final Campaign of Prince Llywelyn
• Jean Froissart: Chronicles of the Hundred Years War, (1337-1453)
• Medieval Sourcebook: Anon Arab Chronicler: The Battle of Poitiers, 732
• The Norman Invasion of South Wales and Rumney Castle    5/12/07
• Pinkie Battlefield    6/12/07
• The Battle of Vlaardingen 1018    6/12/07
• 100 Years War
  • 100 Years War    6/12/07
  • Agincourt 1415    6/12/07
  • Battle of Agincourt, Bataille de Azincourt, French feudal coins, Henry V    6/12/07
  • Battle of Crecy, bataille de Crecy, France, 1346, Hundred Year's war    6/12/07
  • Battle of Neville's Cross    6/12/07
  • Battle of Poitiers    6/12/07
  • Causes of Hundred Years War
  • France c. 1377    6/12/07
  • France c. 1429    6/12/07
  • France c. 1453    6/12/07
  • Medieval Sourcebook: Hundred Years War In The High Court Of Parlement
  • Medieval Life & The Hundred Years War
  • Encyclopedia.com - Hundred Years War
  • Encyclopedia.com - Hundred Years War
  • Encyclopedia.com - Hundred Years War
  • Electric Renaissance: 100 Years' War    5/12/07
    • Electric Renaissance: 100 Years' War Timeline
    • Electric Renaissance: France - Maps of the 100 Years' War
  • Battle of Crécy
  • Medieval Sourcebook: Jean Froissart: On The Hundred Years War 1337-1453
• Peasant Revolts
  • Richard II and the Peasant's Revolt
  • Britannia: English Peasants' Revolt, 1381
  • Medieval Sourcebook: Anonimalle Chronicle: English Peasants' Revolt 1381    5/12/07
  • Richard II's Reign and the Peasants' Revolt: Addresses of the Commons
  • Literature of Richard II's Reign and the Peasants' Revolt: Introduction
  • The English Peasants' Revolt of 1381
  • John Ball and the Peasants' Revolt
  • Conflagration: The Peasants' Revolt, Part 1 - Medieval History
• War of the Roses
  • Battle of Barnet    6/12/07
  • Battle of Bosworth: August 22, 1485
  • The Battle of Bosworth Field    6/12/07
  • Battle of Mortimer's Cross    6/12/07
  • The Battle of Tewkesbury    6/12/07
  • Battle of Towton    6/12/07
  • Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton    6/12/07
  • Battle of Towton    6/12/07
  • The Towton Mass Grave Project    6/12/07
  • The Battle of Towton Landscape Project    6/12/07
  • The Towton Battlefield Archaeological Survey    6/12/07
  • Richard III - First Battle of St. Albans    6/12/07
  • Richard III - Northampton    6/12/07
  • Richard III - Wakefield    6/12/07
  • Wars of the Roses.com
  • The Wars of the Roses    6/12/07
  • Wars of the Roses FAQ
  • Wars of the Roses: Participants
  • Wars of the Roses: Battles
  • Wars of the Roses: Quiz
  • Richard III Society-Online Library
  • Wars of the Roses and the Princes in the Tower
  • Richard III Society--Croyland Chronicle
  • Wars in France, revolts in England, Wars of the Roses

Last updated 6/12/07.