[Regia-NA] Book recommendations?

[Phil Scott]

You MUST look at the work of Stephen Morillo. His "The Battle of Hastings"
contains all the primary sources on the battle, plus a detailed
interpretation of them. His "Warfare Under the Anglo-Norman Kings,
1066-1135" will provide a wider context.

You will also want to look at "Anglo-Norman Warfare" Ed. Matthew Strickland,
which is a good collection of articles.

You might also want to take a look at "The Normans and Their Adversaries at
War" Ed. by Bacharach and Abels (I think), but definitely published by
Boydell and Brewer.

You might also check to see if your library holds "Anglo-Norman Studies"
(sometimes called Proceedings of the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman
Studies), various volumes from 1978 to date; and/or the Journal of the
Haskins Society (check out their website at:
http://www.haskins.cornell.edu/).

Finally, I know you said no articles, but see if you can get hold of History
(Journal of the Historical Association - UK) Vol 74, Number 240, Feb 1989.
There is an article called "The Mercenary and his Master: Military Service
and Monetary Reward in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries" by Stephen Brown.
If you really can't get a copy e-mail me off the list (make the title
something like Norman Mercenaries, otherwise it will probably get deleted as
spam) and I'll try and find some time to scan it for you.

Phil

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>
>
> Hey all
>
> I'm taking a class right now, English History 1000-1399. Good stuff.
>
> We have an essay due in March, we get to pick the topic as long as she
> pre-approves it. I'm writing, "The Impact of the Norman Conquest on
English
> Warfare". It'll basically be an overview of the thegn & fyrd system vs.
the
> feudal military system, evolution of arms, rise of archery, cavalry & the
birth
> of the Knight, etc.
>
> I'm looking for books, she wants us to hand in our essay topic and full
> bibliography on February 2. I think about ten books would be good; I
already
> have "Campaigns of the Norman Conquest" by Bennett, "Anglo Saxon Weapons
and
> Warfare" by Underwood, and a pretty good copy of The ASC.
>
> I'm looking for a couple primary sources from the Norman Era (William I,
William
> II, Henry I, Stephen), or 10th or 11th century English sources (Battle of
> Maldon?) to paint a clear picture of warfare before the Conquest
(infantry,
> shield walls etc.)
>
> Also, good secondary sources would be great. Nothing too obscure, I only
have
> three months to get it through Inter Library Loan. Don't worry if it's a
huge
> tome, even if I can pull out a few quotes that's great. I'm not exactly
going
> into the topic blind.
>
> Lastly, she's putting some emphasis on the late Norman introduction of the
> Chivalric romance, so I should include this (Although it seems to be much
more
> of an Angevin affectation). The earliest Chivalric literature I know of is
> Raymond Lull. Aside from perhaps the Song of Roland, is there any
distinctly
> Norman chivalric literature?
>
> Not trying to get you to do my homework, I'm sure I can find more than
enough
> material on my own. I just thought the members here may be able to point
me
> towards some of the better works in the field.
>
> Thanks greatly in advance,
>
> ~Wil
>
> PS- No articles, please. Perhaps it's just this library, but they seem to
take
> too long to come in. I'm still waiting on a couple articles I ordered at
the end
> of August.
>
>
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