Crusading Warfare, 1097-1193Cambridge University Press, 1995 - 276 pages This is a revised edition of R. C. Smail's classic account of the military achievements of the Crusaders in the context of a 'feudal society organized for war'. A new bibliographical introduction and an updated bibliography have been provided by Christopher Marshall, while the original plates section has been replaced by a series of new subjects. In covering the period 1097-1193, this edition also complements Dr Marshall's own Warfare in the Latin East, 1192-1291, also available in a paperback edition. |
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... Muslims The Latin settlement 53 57 Conclusion 62 IV The Muslim armies 64 Saljuq institutions 64 The military consequences 71 Turkish tactics 75 Egypt 83 V The Latin armies Recruitment Defects of the military establishment.
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Contents
The historians of crusading warfare I | 1 |
Warfare and policy in Latin Syria | 18 |
Franks Armenians and Syrians | 40 |
The Muslim armies | 64 |
The Latin armies | 88 |
The Latin field army in action | 138 |
The Crusaders castles | 204 |
Bibliography | 251 |
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al-Din Aleppo Amalric amirs Anon Antioch archers Armenian Arsuf Ascalon attack Baldwin Baldwin III battle battle of Hattin Bohemond Byzantine Cahen campaign castle Christian commander conquest contingents Crac Crac des Chevaliers Crusading Warfare curtain wall Damascus defeat defence Delbrück Delpech Deschamps Edessa Egypt enemy Eracles Ernoul evidence Fatimid field army fighting flank foot-soldiers force formation fortified fought Frankish Fulcher Galt garrison Grousset Hattin Heermann Hist historians important invader Itin Jerusalem Karak king knights Köhler Latin army Latin Kingdom Latin rulers Latin Syria medieval military history Monte mounted Muslim occasions Oman Palestine pedites Prawer principality of Antioch Raymond RGKJ Runciman Saffuriya Sahyun Saladin Saljuq Shaizar Shirkuh siege Smail sources squadrons sultan Syrian Franks Syrie du Nord tactical Tancred Templars Tiberias tower Tripoli troops Turcopoles Turkish Turks twelfth century Usamah victory William of Tyre Zanki