Routledge Handbook of Medieval Military Strategy

Cover
Endorsement Page
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
List of Maps
Introduction
	Notes
	Bibliography
Part I: Europe
	Chapter 1: Charlemagne’s Long-Term Strategic Goal: Obtaining the Imperial Title in the West
		How Does the Story Begin?
		King of Two Kingdoms
		Military Operations Post 800
		Some Conclusions
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 2: Anglo-Saxon and Viking Military Strategies
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 3: Grand Strategy of the Ottonian Empire, 919–973
		Reconstituting and Maintaining Arnulf’s Empire
		The Initial Phase, 919–925
		Henry I’s Eastern Policy
		Hegemony in the West
		Otto I: Securing and Completing Henry I’s Grand Design
		The Early Years: Restoring the Status Quo Ante
		The Lure of Italy
		Material Investment and Grand Strategic Design
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 4: Strategy in the High Middle Ages: Anglo-Normans, Capetians, and Plantagenets
		The Anglo-Norman regnum
		Louis VI: Pushing Back
		Diplomacy and Unknown “Unknowns”
		Angevin Ascendancy
		Richard and John versus Philip II
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 5: Insurgency: Unconventional Strategy in the West, 500–1300
		Formative Intellectual Development: An Offshoot of “Just War”
		Examples of Insurgencies or Unconventional Strategies in the Period
		Further Intellectual Development Based on Contemporary Practice
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 6: The Continuous Crusade in Northeast Europe: Warfare in Livonia, Estonia, Prussia, and Lithuania, 1198–1411
		The Conquest of Livonia and Estonia
		The Conquest of Prussia (1225–1300)
		The War against Lithuania (1290–1411)
		Conclusions
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 7: Military Professionalization and Strategy in Late Medieval England
		1272–1330
		1330–1360
		1360–1415
		1417–1453
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 8: Beyond the Town Walls: Economy and the Florentine Forces, 1336–1392
		Paying Soldiers
		Guarantors and Financial Connections among Soldiers
		Interest Payments and the Movement of Money
		Investment and Outputs
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 9: The Origins of National Navies in the West
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 10: Strategy and Military Revolutions
		The Cavalry Revolution
		Strategic Implications of the Cavalry Revolution
		Castles
		Strategy before the Castle Revolution
		Strategy after Encastellation
		The Infantry Revolution
		Strategy after the Infantry Revolution
		The Artillery Revolution
		Strategy after the Artillery Revolution
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part II: The Mediterranean
	Chapter 11: Strategy and Grand Strategy: Resources, Geopolitics, and Ideology in the East Roman/Byzantine Empire
		The Empire and Warfare: General Considerations
		Key Factors in Determining East Roman Strategic Thought
		General Principles and the Practice of Strategy
		Some Conclusions
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 12: Maurice and His Legacy: Strategike in the Byzantine Military Manuals
		The Terms Strategy, Tactics, and Stratagems in the Byzantine World
		Study the Enemy
		Warfare Is Like Hunting…
		Conclusions
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 13: The Fatimids and Syria
		Damascus
		Palestine
		Jerusalem
		The Fatimids and the Crusades
		Fatimid Naval Strategy in Syria and Palestine
		From 970 to 1099
		A New Strategy and a New Navy
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 14: The Crusades: Western Armies and Eastern Strategies
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 15: The Rule of the Temple and the Military–Religious Orders
		The Primitive Rule of the Templars
		Military Procedures and Strategy in the Hierarchical Statutes
		Further Regulations
		Other Military–Religious Orders
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 16: Raiding as a Strategy in Medieval Georgia
		Subjugation of the Stronghold through Raiding
		Diminishing the War Resources of the Adversary
		Provocation of a Response
		Fulfilment of the Needs of Army and Soldiers
		Punishment of the Rebels
		Revenge in Response to the Enemy Raiders
		Preemptive Warfare
		Demonstration of Force
		For Personal Dignity
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 17: Spain’s 13th-Century Law Code and Military Treatise, Las Siete Partidas
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 18: Ottomans: Mehmed the Conqueror
		Vision
		Assets
		Methods
		Strategy
		Conclusions
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part III: Asia and Africa
	Chapter 19: Beyond and Behind the Wall: Siege Warfare of Sui-Tang China, 600–900
		Trends in Siege Warfare: A Macro Perspective
		Conducting and Resisting Siege Warfare
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 20: China in the Gunpowder Age, Song to Ming Dynasties
		Changing Military Institutions
		Strategy, Military Book, or Military Manual?
		Trends in Thought
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 21: Strategy and Warfare in Ancient and Medieval Japan
		Ancient Japan and the Conquest of the North
		Strategic Use of Violence
		Limiting the Power of the State
		The Mongol Invasions
		Competing Visions of State and Legitimacy
		The Hanzei and the Rise of Regional Warrior Authority
		Fortifying Regional Control
		New Structures and Patterns of Authority
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 22: Strategies in Post-Gupta India
		Kanauj and the Struggle for Empire
		Sind and the Failure of the Caliphate
		The “Pillaging” Strategy of the Ghaznavids
		Maritime Strategy and Blue Water Fleet of the Cholas
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 23: Strategy of the Delhi Sultanate, 1206–1526
		Establishing an Empire on Horseback
		Fighting the Mongol Menace
		Deccan: From Raiding to Empire Building
		The Strategy for Defeat
		What If? Counterfactuals
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 24: Strategy and the Mughal Empire
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 25: Strategy in the Mongol Way of War
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 26: Almoravid Tactics and Strategy
		Tashfin’s Gift: Political Maneuvering
		The Numidian Heritage
		The Islamic Inheritance
		Almoravid Weapons, Armor, and Battlefield Tactics
		Almoravid Tactical Reforms
		Psychological Warfare: Camels, Drums, and the Litham
		Conclusions
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 27: “The Kingdom of Ethiopia Shall Live Forever”: Military Strategies in Ethiopia (13th–16th Centuries)
		Ideology and Medieval Military Strategy
		A Strategy of Deploying the Mobile č̣äwa Regiments
		Weapons Acquisitions
		Tactics
		Rewarding Victory and Managing Defeats
		Conclusion
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 28: Military Strategies in Pre-17th-Century West Africa
		Military Organization in Medieval West Africa: Composition and Size
		Warriors’ Mobility in West Africa
		Defensive and Offensive Weaponry
		Strategies on the Battlefield
		Medieval City Walls?
		Conclusions
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 29: The Military–Political Strategy of the Medieval Kingdom of Kongo
		Portuguese Arrival
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part IV: Western Hemisphere
	Chapter 30: Excan tlatoloyan and Military Strategies for Mesoamerican Control
		Strategy, Logistics, and Tactics: Application Models in the Mesoamerican Context
		The Debatable Mexica Empire and the Origin of the Excan tlatoloyan
		The First Expansion Strategies and the Triple Alliance
		The Military Logistics of the Empire: Food, Weapons, and Other Supplies
		The Garrisons in the Control Scenario of the Conquered Territories
		The Consequences of Mexica Military Strategies in the War of 1521
		Conclusions
		Notes
		Bibliography
	Chapter 31: Late Andean Warfare: Evolving Military Sophistication under the Inka
		The Inka Army
		The Army on the Move
		Tactics and Strategy
		Siege Warfare
		Inka Fortifications
		Notes
		Bibliography
Medieval Strategy: Conclusions and New Directions
	Notes
	Bibliography
Index