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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| Figures | |
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| Maps | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Early Middle Ages: The Rise of Cavalry in Eastern Europe: Byzantium at War | |
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| Rome's Second Millennium | |
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| The Early Byzantine Army | |
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| Cavalry versus Cavalry | |
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| The Battles of Dam and Tricameron | |
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| Byzantine Combined Arms in Action | |
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| The Battles of Taginae and Casilinum | |
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| The Byzantine Army in Transition | |
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| Themes and Tagmata-Heavy Cavalry versus Light Cavalry | |
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| The Battle of Manzikert | |
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| The Early Middle Ages: Invasion and Response: The Rise of Heavy Cavalry in Western Europe | |
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| The Rise of the Franks and the Battle of Tours | |
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| The Ninth- and Tenth-Century Invasions | |
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| Muslims, Magyars and Vikings at War | |
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| A Viking Battle at Sea | |
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| The Battle of Nisa-Response to Invasion | |
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| The Rise of Heavy Cavalry in Western Europe | |
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| The High Middle Ages: Heavy Cavalry Dominant | |
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| The Norman Conquests of England and Italy | |
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| The Crusades | |
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| Latin Heavy Cavalry in the East | |
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| The Muslim Counter-Crusade | |
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| The Dominance of Latin Heavy Cavalry Challenged | |
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| The Crusades | |
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| The Reconquista in Spain and Portugal-The Battles of Sagrajas and Las Navas de Tolosa | |
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| Medieval Horse Breeding and Logistics | |
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| High Medieval Warfare: The Mongol Invasion of the West | |
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| 'Storm from the East' | |
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| The Mongol Art of'War-The Mongol Invasion of Europe | |
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| The Battles of Liegnitz and Sajo River | |
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| The Mongol Invasion of the Near East | |
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| Cavalry versus Cavalry | |
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| The Battle ofAin Falut | |
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| Late Medieval Warfare: The Return of Light Infantry | |
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| The Apex of Chivalry and the Battle of Bouvines | |
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| The Transitional Thirteenth Century | |
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| The Welsh and Scottish Campaigns | |
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| The Longbow, the Schiltron and the Return of Infantry to Western Europe | |
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| The Hundred Years War | |
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| The English Tactical System Tested | |
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| The Battles of Crecy and Agincourt | |
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| Late Medieval Warfare: The Return of Heavy Infantry | |
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| The Rise of the Swiss Battle Square-Heavy Infantry versus Heavy Cavalry | |
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| The Battles of Morgarten, Laupen and Sempach | |
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| The Burgundian Wars | |
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| A New Combined-Arms Synthesis versus Swiss Heavy Infantry | |
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| The 'Military Revolution' and Early Modern Warfare | |
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| From Medieval to Early Modern Warfare | |
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| The Military Revolution of the Sixteenth Century | |
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| The Italian Wars and the Rise of the Spanish Tercio | |
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| Early Modern Logistics | |
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| The Dutch Tactical System and the Thirty Years War | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The 'Western Way of War' and Decisive Battle | |
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| Glossary of Military Terms | |
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| Notes | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |