Warfare in the Dark Ages

Contents: Series preface; Introduction; Rome, Constantinople and the barbarians, Walter Goffart; Roman military colonies in Gaul, salian ethnogenesis and the forgotten meaning of pactus legis salicae 59.5, Thomas Anderson Jr; Nomadism, horses and Huns, Rudi Paul Lindner; The Huns and the end of the Roman empire in Western Europe, Peter Heather; The evolution of Slavic society and the Slavic invasions in Greece: the 1st major attack on Thessaloniki, AD 597, Speros Vyronis Jr; Early Germanic warfare, E.A. Thompson; War and peace in the earlier Middle Ages, J.M. Wallace-Hadrill; The Battle of Adrianople: a reconsideration, Thomas S. Burns; 'An airier aristocracy': the saints at war, Christopher Holdsworth; Saint Augustine's views on the 'just war', R.A. Markus; The historicity of the alleluja victory, Michael E. Jones; Charles Martel, shock combat, the stirrup, and feudalism, Bernard S. Bachrach; Carolingian arms and armor, Simon Coupland; Plunder and tribute in the Carolingian Empire, Timothy Reuter; Warfare and society in the Carolingian Ostmark, Charles R. Bowlus; The military history of the Carolingian period, John France; Pont-de-l'Arche or PA (R)tres? A location and archaeomagnetic dating for Charles the Bald's fortifications on the Seine, Brian Dearden and Anthony Clark; Bookland and fyrd service in Anglo-Saxon England, Richard Abels; England in the 9th century: the crucible of defeat, N.P. Brookes; The battle at the Lech, 955. A study in 10th century warfare, Karl Leyser; Secrecy, technology and war: Greek fire and the defense of Byzantium, 678-1204, Alex Roland; The Arab-Byzantine frontier in the 8th and 9th centuries: military organisation and society in the borderlands, J.F. Haldon and H. Kennedy; Name index.

John France is Professor in the Department of History, University of Wales Swansea, UK. Kelly DeVries is Professor in the Department of History, Loyola College, USA.