Research Guides: Medieval Studies: Crusades, Warfare, & Rebellion

Crusades, Warfare, & Rebellion

Introduction to the Crusades.
By Susan Jane Allen.
University of Toronto Press, 2017.
The Crusades: An Encyclopedia.
Edited by Alan V. Murray.
Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2006. 4 volumes.
[For print version locations see UofT Catalogue]
[St. Michael’s 2nd Floor – D155 .C78 2006]
Focused on the crusading movement from roughly 1095 and 1291, this 4-volume set covers such topics as persons (Saladin), families and dynasties (Embriaci Family), anonymous literary works (Melisende Psalter), places and countries (Tripoli, City of), events (Ankara, Battle of (1402), and general subjects (Crusades against Christians). With individual bibliographies for each entry as well as a lengthy general bibliography, and with a substantial index in the final volume as well as some primary texts, this encyclopedia should prove useful for students studying the Crusades.
Encyclopedia of the Crusades.
By Alfred J. Andrea. Westport, Conn: Greenwood, 2003.
[Victoria University E.J. Pratt Library LC Class Storage – D155 .A6 2003]
This A-Z encyclopedia explores the phenomenon of the Crusades in all of its complexity, ranging from the classic numbered crusades in the Middle East to the Reconquista in Spain, and from the Baltic Crusades to the crusades against Albigensian heretics in France.
Rewriting the First Crusade: Epistolary Culture in the Middle Ages.
By Thomas W. Smith.
Boydell and Brewer, 2024.

Reference

Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology.
Edited by Clifford J. Rogers.
Oxford UP, 2010.
Routledge Handbook of Medieval Military Strategy
Edited by John D. Hosler and Daniel P. Franke.
Taylor & Francis, 2024.
Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare.
By Jim Bradbury.
Routledge, 2004.
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History.
Provides articles, primary sources and book reviews related to medieval warfare and the crusades.
Medieval Warfare: A Bibliographical Guide.
By Everett Crosby. New York: Garland, 2000.
[For print version locations see UofT Catalogue]
[Robarts Library 10th Floor Reference Collection – U37 .C76 2000X]
Citing 3,000 or so articles, books, and other sources on mediaeval warfare, Crosby covers from the late Roman Empire to the 16th century and sounds such topics as recruitment, the spoils of war, financing an army, and laws of combat.

Secondary Sources

Christianity and Violence in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: Perspectives from Europe and Japan.
Edited by Fernanda Alfieri and Takashi Jinno.
De Gruyter, 2021.
A Companion to the Byzantine Culture of War, Ca. 300-1204.
Edited by Yannis Stouraitis.
Brill, 2018.

Primary Sources

Medieval Warfare: A Reader.
Edited by Kelly DeVries, Michael Livingston.
University of Toronto Press, 2019.
Medieval Arms and Armour: A Sourcebook. Volume III: 1450-1500
By Ralph Moffat.
Boydell & Brewer, 2024
Medieval Arms and Armour: A Sourcebook. Volume I: The Fourteenth Century.
Edited by Ralph Moffat.
Boydell & Brewer, 2022.
Medieval Arms and Armour: A Sourcebook. Volume II: 1400-1450.
Edited by Ralph Moffat.
Boydell & Brewer, 2024.
The Art of War in the Middle Ages: A.D. 378–1515. by John H. Beeler (Editor); C. W. C. Oman
Publication Date: 1960-07-15

By C. W. C. Oman. Edited by John H. Beeler.
Cornell UP, 2021.
Cambridge Illustrated Atlas, Warfare, The Middle Ages, 768-1487.
By Nicholas Hooper and Matthew Bennett. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
[St. Michael’s 1st Floor Reference Area – G1034 .H6 1996]
The Medieval World at War.
Edited by Matthew Bennett. London: Thames and Hudson, 2009.
[St. Michael’s 2nd Floor – D128 .M47 2009]
Use this book for an engaging introduction to war in the Middle Ages. With colour photos, colour maps, and key events highlight boxes, as well as a general index and a further reading section, this title is an ideal starting place for undergraduate research on the topic.

Student Revolt, City, and Society in Europe: From the Middle Ages to the Present.
Edited by Pieter Dhondt and Elizabethanne Boran.
Routledge, 2017.
Rebellion in Medieval Europe, C. 1000-C. 1500.
Edited by Harriet Kersey, Adrian Jobson, and Gordon McKelvie.
Boydell and Brewer, 2025.
Routledge History Handbook of Medieval Revolt
Edited by Justine Firnhaber-Baker and Dirk Schoenaers.
Routledge, 2017.

A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology.
By Kelly DeVries. Leiden: Brill, 2002
[Robarts Library 4th Floor Reference Area – Z6721 .D48 2002]
[Print copies available through the UofT Catalogue.]
A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, Update 2003-2006.
By Kelly DeVries.
Brill, 2008.
Warfare in Medieval and Early Modern Hungary.
By László Veszprémy and János B. Szabó.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2017.
Medieval French Warfare.
By John France.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2024.
Christianity and Warfare in the Medieval West.
By Craig M. Nakashian.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2023.
Hundred Years War.
By John D. Hosler.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2013.
Alexander the Great.
By Charles Russell Stone.
Oxford Bibliographies - Medieval Studies
Oxford UP, 2021.
Hundred Years War.
By Anne Curry.
Oxford Bibliographies - Medieval Studies
Oxford UP, 2012.
Medieval Japan, 900-1600.
By Michael F. Solecki.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2016.
Battle of Agincourt.
By Anne Curry.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2024.
Siege Warfare in Medieval Europe and the Middle East (500–1300).
By Michael S. Fulton.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2025.
The Crusades.
By Jonathan Phillips.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2012.
The Trojan War in the Middle Ages.
By Timothy Arner.
Oxford Bibliographies - Medieval Studies
Oxford UP, 2016.
Battle of Bannockburn: 1314.
By Michael Brown.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2024.
Charlemagne.
By John France.
Oxford Bibliographies - Military History.
Oxford UP, 2024.
Crusading Warfare.
By John France.
Oxford Bibliographies - Medieval Studies
Oxford UP, 2023.
The Crusade: Historiography and Bibliography.
By Aziz Suryal Atiya. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1962.
[St. Michael’s 2nd Floor – Z6207 .C97 A8 1962]

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