A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, Update 2004
Biographical note
Kelly DeVries, Ph.D. (1987) in Medieval Studies, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, is Professor in History at Loyola College in Maryland. He is the author of Joan of Arc: A Military History (Sutton, 1999), The Norwegian Invasion of England in 1066 (The Boydell Press, 1999), Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century: Discipline, Tactics, and Technology (The Boydell Press, 1996), and Medieval Military Technology (Broadview Press, 1992), and numerous articles on medieval military history and military technology.
Readership
This work will appeal to anyone researching medieval military history and the history of medieval military technology, but especially to undergraduate and graduate students, and also to established medieval and military historians.
Reviews
Winner in 2007 of the Verbruggen Prize for the best book in medieval military history
"The first edition of the printed version of this bibliography gained wide praise from reviewers (CH Jun'02, 39-5552, Oustanding Academic Title); the Choice reviewer called it "definitive and necessary for any library supporting serious programs in medieval studies." ... this update will be a very useful addition for anyone who has the earlier edition. .. The CD-ROM version is very easy to use and includes a feature that allows users to add their own notes to the record."
P.M. Konieczny, Choice, 2005.
"The conceptualization and publication of this bibliography greatly assists the advance of medieval and early modern "military historical research. It should aid related areas of military history. It is an ambitious and difficult task. It will be widely consulted by diverse groups. I cannot adequately emphasize the utility of this work and the enormity of the achievement. It will enable scholars to begin to get a handle on bibliography of military history. Its publication greatly stimulates military history as a discipline. ... This bibliography is primarily of use to the scholar and graduate student, but undergraduates and instructors can also consult it for pedagogical purposes, for example, to assist in the preparation of courses on military history. Scholarly libraries and institutes should purchase it. Scholars whether young or old need to know about it."
Walter E. Kaegi in Medieval Warfare Book Reviews, January 2004. http://www.deremilitari.org/REVIEWS/devries_cb.htm
"The first edition of the printed version of this bibliography gained wide praise from reviewers (CH Jun'02, 39-5552, Oustanding Academic Title); the Choice reviewer called it "definitive and necessary for any library supporting serious programs in medieval studies." ... this update will be a very useful addition for anyone who has the earlier edition. .. The CD-ROM version is very easy to use and includes a feature that allows users to add their own notes to the record."
P.M. Konieczny, Choice, 2005.
"The conceptualization and publication of this bibliography greatly assists the advance of medieval and early modern "military historical research. It should aid related areas of military history. It is an ambitious and difficult task. It will be widely consulted by diverse groups. I cannot adequately emphasize the utility of this work and the enormity of the achievement. It will enable scholars to begin to get a handle on bibliography of military history. Its publication greatly stimulates military history as a discipline. ... This bibliography is primarily of use to the scholar and graduate student, but undergraduates and instructors can also consult it for pedagogical purposes, for example, to assist in the preparation of courses on military history. Scholarly libraries and institutes should purchase it. Scholars whether young or old need to know about it."
Walter E. Kaegi in Medieval Warfare Book Reviews, January 2004. http://www.deremilitari.org/REVIEWS/devries_cb.htm
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