Medieval Warfare

Battle of Adrianople (378)

Battlefield tactics 

Deployment of forces 

Employment of forces 

Retreat 

Siege 

Siege-weapons 

Dynamics of a siege 

Sally 

Wall assault 

Organization 

Chain of command 

Units 

Training 

Levying 

Equipment 

Personal equipment 

• The nobleman and knight 
• The the infantryman 
• The engineer 
• The archer 
• The burger 

Supplies 

Plunder and foraging 

Supply trains 

Supplies during siege 

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Prerequisites: 

• Chivalry 
• Christianity 

Cultural influences: 

• The Huns 
• The Avars 
• Islam 
• The Vikings 
• The Mongols 
• The Crusades 
• The Turks 
• The Reconquista of Spain 
• The discovery of the Americas 

Technological influences: 

• Development of metallurgy: smelting and steel 
• Development of smithing and armour making 
• The stirrup 
• Improved horse breeds leading to heavy cavalry 
• Import of gunpowder and development of cannon 

Organisational influences: 

• Taxation 
• Development of knights 
• Development of knights hospitaller military orders 
• Levying of commoners 

Medieval weaponry: 

• Medieval siege weaponry 
• The longbow 
• The crossbow 
• The sword 
• The lance 
• The pike 

Significant medieval battles: 

• The Battle of Agincourt 
• The Battle of Crecy 
• The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) 
• The Battle of Poitiers 
• The Battle of Bosworth Field 
• The Battle of Hastings (1066) 
• The Battle of Stamford Bridge 
• The Battle of Maldon (c. 991) 
• The Battle of Brunaburh 
• The Battle of Tannenberg (1410) 

Medieval wars:

• The Wars of the Roses 

The Hundred Years' War

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