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Resources
General studies of medieval warfare
- Bachrach, Bernard S.; Bachrach, David S. (2017). Warfare in Medieval Europe c.400-c.1453. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781138887664.
- Bennett, Matthew (2009). The Medieval World at War. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500251560.
- Bennett, Matthew; Nicholas Hooper (1996). Cambridge Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages 768-1487. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521440493.
- Bennett, Matthew; Jim Bradbury; Kelly DeVries; Iain Dickie; Phyllis Jestice (2005). Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World. Thomas Dunne. ISBN 978-0-312-34820-5.
- Carey, Brian Todd; Joshua B. Allfree; John Cairns (2006). Warfare in the Medieval World. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781844153398.
- Contamine, Philippe (1984). War in the Middle Ages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0631131426.
- Delbrück, Hans (1990). History of the Art of War vol III; The Middle Ages. Translated by Walter J. Renfroe. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood. ISBN 0803265859.
- France, John (1999). Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000-1300. London: UCL Press. ISBN 1857284674.
- Keen, Maurice (1999). Medieval Warfare: A History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199690901.
- Nicholson, Helen (2004). Medieval Warfare. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 0-333-76331-9.
- Prestwich, Michael (1996) Armies and Warfare in the Middle Ages: The English Experience, New Haven: Yale University Press ISBN 0-300-07663-0
- Rogers, Clifford (2007). Soldiers' Lives Through History : The Middle Ages. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0313333507.
- Verbruggen, J.F. (1997). The Art of Warfare in Western Europe during the Middle Ages (2nd. ed.). Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 0851156304.
Studies of specific subjects
Wars and campaigns
- Burne, A.H. (1991) . The Agincourt War. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1853670871.
- Burne, A.H. (1991) . The Crecy War. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1853670812.
- Norwich, John Julius. A History of Venice. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. ISBN 0679721975.
- Phillips, Charles and Alan Axelrod. Encyclopedia of Wars. 3 vols. New York: Facts on File, 2005. ISBN 0816028516.
- Taylor, Frederick Lewis. The Art of War in Italy, 1494-1529. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1973. ISBN 0837150256.
- Haldon, John. The Byzantine Wars. Stroud: Tempus Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0752417959.
- Fitz, Francisco García; Monteiro, João Gouveia, eds. (2018). War in the Iberian Peninsular 700-1600. Themes in Medieval and Early Modern History. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9780815399995.
- Madden - The Black Prince at War: The Anatomy of a Chevauchée Includes much on organisation and logistics.
Technology
- Edge, David; John Miles Paddock (1993) . Arms & Armor of the Medieval Knight (Crescent Books reprint ed.). New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 0-517-10319-2.
- Smith, Robert; Kelly DeVries (2005). The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy 1363 - 1477. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 1843831627.
- Strickland, Matthew; Hardy,Robert (2005). The Great Warbow. Stroud: Sutton. ISBN 0750931671
- DeVries, Kelly; Smith, Robert (2012). Medieval Military Technology (2nd ed.). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442604971.
- Ellis-Gorman, Stuart (2022). The Medieval Crossbow. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-152-678953-2.
Mercenaries
- Caferro, William. John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in Fourteenth-century Italy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0801883231
- Fowler, Kenneth (2001). Medieval Mercenaries: Vol. I The Great Companies. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-15886-3.
- Mallet, Michael: Mercenaries and their Masters, Bodley Head, London, 1974 ISBN 0370105028
Chivalry
- Keen, Maurice (2005) . Chivalry. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10767-6.
- Kaeuper, Richard (2016). Medieval Chivalry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521137959.
Naval warfare
- Rose, Susan (2013). England's Medieval Navy 1066-1509. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 9780773543225.
- Gorski, R (2012). Roles of the Sea in Medieval England. Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1843837015.
- Nicolas, Sir N.H. (1847). A History of the Royal Navy: 1327-1422. R. Bentley. pp. 306–322. ISBN 9781346331737.
- Stanton, Charles D (2015). Medieval Maritime Warfare. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9781473856431.
Crusades
Fortifications
Downloadable public domain books
| Author | Title and link |
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| Curry, Anne | The Hundred Years' War |
| Davis, H.W.C. | Medieval Europe |
| Gibbon, Edward | Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6 |
| Giles, J.A. | History of the Britons |
| Gordon, Irwin Leslie | Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be |
| Grattan, Thomas Coley | Holland: The History of the Netherlands |
| Green, John Richard | History of the English People Vol. 1 449 - 1216, Vol. 2 1216 - 1400 |
| Green, Mrs. J.R. | Henry the Second |
| Guizot, François Pierre Guillaume | A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6 |
| Haaren, John Henry and Poland, A.B. | Famous Men of the Middle Ages |
| Holinshed, Raphael | The Historie of England Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6, Vol. 7, Vol. 8 |
| Lacroix, Paul | Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period |
| Lingard, John | The History of England |
| Macaulay, T.B. | History of England |
| Newhall, Richard Ager | English conquest of Normandy, 1416-1424, a study in fifteenth century warfare |
| Pollard, A.F. | The History of England: A Study in Political Evolution |
| Power, Eileen Edna | Medieval People |
| Wylie, James Hamilton | THE REIGN OF HENRY THE FIFTH Vol II |
| Yonge, Charlotte Mary | History of France |
Other
- De Re Militari Major medieval military history portal, with source extracts, book reviews and extensive scholarly articles
- Chronique.com Manuscript collections about fifteenth century chivalry
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook of Fordham University
- Digital Collection of the University of Wisconsin, notable for the University of Wisconsin History of the Crusades
- Helmet Collectors Webpages a linkfarm for information about helmets
- Wikimedia Commons illuminated manuscripts (navigate the area for more public domain images)
- Manuscript Miniatures An image collection of manuscript miniatures depicting armoured figures from the medieval period created before 1450 in countries across Europe.
Armenia
- Vahan Kurkjian (1958) A History of Armenia, Armenian General Benevolent Union of America, New York, OCLC 889896040.
- Armenian Historical Sources