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Bibliography


Listed here are books that we consider essential reading for any re-enactor/Historian.

Arms and Armour


Title Author Year ISBN Number
Wallace Collection Catalogues Sir John Mann 1962
Sword in the age of Chivalry R. Ewart Oakeshott 1964 0-85115-3623
A record of European Arms and Armour through Seven centuries Sir Guy Francis Laking 1920
Records of the Medieval Sword R. Ewart Oakeshott 1991 0-85115-566-9

Warfare


Title Author Year ISBN Number
A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages Sir Charles Oman 1924 1-85367-100-2
The art of Warfare in Western Europe during the Middle Ages J. F. Ferbuegen 1954 0-85115-570-7
Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages - The English Experience Michael Prestwich 1996 0-300-06452-7
Medieval Warfare Source book David Nicolle 1996
The Face of Battle John Keegan 1976 0-7126-5090-3
Blood Red Roses - The archaeology of a mass grave from the battle of Towton AD 1461 Fiorato, Boylston, Knusel 1-84217-025-2
The Medieval Soldier in the Wars of the Roses A. W. Boardman 1998 0-7509-1465-3
The book of Deeds and Chivalry Christine de Pizan 1999 0-271-01881-X

Wars of the Roses


Title Author Year ISBN Number
Wars of the Roses Robin Niellands 1992 0-304-34080-4
Wars of the Roses John Gillingham 1981 0-297-82016-8
Wars of the Roses A. Goodman 1981 0-45-05264-5
Wars of the Roses J. R. Lander 1990 0-7509-0018-0
The Military campaigns of the Wars of the Roses Phillip A. Haigh 1997 0-709-1430-0
The Chronicles of the reign of Edward IV intro K.Dockray 1988 0-86299-568-X
The Battle of Wakefield 1460 Phillip A. Haigh 1996 0-7509-1342-8
The Battle of Towton A. W. Boardman 1994 0-7509-1245-6
Bosworth 1485 Christopher Gravett 2000 1-85532-863-1
The Battle of Barnet 1471 Patrick McGill 1996 Freezywater Publications
Where both the Hoosts Faught Phillip A. Haigh 1997 0-953-1213-05

Tournaments

Title Author Year ISBN Number
Tournaments R.Barber and J.Barker 1989 0-85115-781-5
The Tournament in England 1100 - 1400 J.Barker 1986

Medieval Horse

Title Author Year ISBN Number
The Medieval Horse and its Equipment Ed. J. Clark 1995 0-112-90485-8
The Horse in the Middle ages Ann Hyland 1999 0-7509-10676-4
Knights and Warhorses Andrew Ayton 1994 0-85115-568-5
The Medieval Warhorse - Origin, Development and Re-development R. H. C. Daks 1989 0-500-25102-9

Hunting

Title Author Year ISBN Number
The Hound and the Hawk John Cummins 1988 1-84212-097-2

Attitudes

Title Author Year ISBN Number
War and Chivalry Malcolm Vale Oxford 1987
Saint George Hero, Martyr and Myth Samantha Riches 2000 0-7509-2452-7
The Hound and the Hawk John Cummins 1988 1-84212-097-2
The Great Househol in Medieval England C. M. Woolgar 1999 0-300-07687-8
Fifteenth Century Attitudes Rosemary Horrox Cambridge 1994 0-521-40483-5
Medieval Women Henrietta Leyser London 1995 1-84212-621-0
Medieval Gentlewoman Ffiona Swabey Gloucestershire 1999 0-7509-1644-3
Daily Life in the Late Middle Ages ed. Richard Britnell Gloucestershire 1998 0-7509-1587-0

 

 

 

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