Vikings in the East
Androshchuk, Fedir
In his book, Fedir Androshchuk provides a comprehensive insight about the contacts between Scandinavians, Kievan Rus’, and Byzantium in the 9th–11th centuries. Through archaeological and written sources, he examines how trade, political networks, and cultural exchange shaped the formation of hybrid identities.
Review by: Scheuerle, Anita,
2025-11-13 10:42
Byzantine Military Rhetoric in the Ninth Century. A Translation of the Anonymi Byzantini Rhetorica Militaris
Sidiropoulos, Dimitrios and Theotokis, Georgios
Georgios Theotokis and Dimitrios Sidiropoulos provide the first English translation of the Rhetorica militaris, a Middle Byzantine manual on military rhetorics. In their introduction, they give a good overview on previous research made on the manual’s literary context and further discuss significant aspects of the text’s contents.
Review by: Doğanay, Merdan,
2025-09-18 08:59
Greek and Roman Military Manuals: Genre and History
Chlup, James T. and Whately, Conor
Edited by James T. Chlup and Conor Whately, the volume supplies the readers with a solid overview of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine military treatises, with a particular focus on the tradition and genre.
Review by: Kurtoğlu, Ferhat Sezer,
2025-09-17 02:45
Изобретая первую войну России и Европы: Балтийские войны второй половины XVI в. глазами современников и потомков [Inventing the First War Between Russia and Europe: The Baltic Wars of the Second Half of the 16th Century Through the Eyes of Contemporaries and Descendants]
Filiushkin, Aleksandr I.
In his book, Aleksandr I. Filiushkin examines the Livonian War (1558–1583) through the lens of contemporary and later sources, analyzing how perceptions of the conflict were constructed, transmitted, and transformed in historical memory.
Review by: Ermolaeva, Anastasiia,
2025-09-08 10:03
Gewalt und Gefangenschaft im Mittelalter
Meier, Frank
Frank Meier introduces the topics of violence and captivity in medieval warfare. He confronts normative thinking about violence with the practices of violence.
Review by: Kister, Michael,
2025-09-03 10:31
Historicizing Sunni Islam in the Ottoman Empire, c.1450-c.1750
Krstić, Tijana and Terzioğlu, Derin
This book examines the formation of Sunni orthodoxy in the Ottoman Empire during the early modern period.
Review by: Bozkaya, Ipek,
2025-08-13 09:10
Papal Bull. Print, Politics and Propaganda in Renaissance Rome
Meserve, Margaret
This book analyses the early use of the printing press in papal political communication, decades before the protestant reformation. In doing so, it explores a huge archive of incunabula and challenges many conventional narratives of the media history of late medieval warfare.
Review by: Kammerer, Lorenz,
2025-04-22 07:00
The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire
Kaldellis, Anthony and Kruse, Marion
“The Field Armies of the East Roman Empire, 361-630” by Anthony Kaldellis and Marion Kruse is a new study that challenges the scholarship on the Notitia Dignitatum and offers a diffrent view on the source material. Spanning from Emporer Julian to Heraclius, the analysis provides insights into the military administration of the eastern roman troops.
Review by: Schmidt, Vincent,
2025-03-13 07:50
Slavery After Rome, 500–1100
Alice Rio
This study deals with the many forms of slavery that resiliently continued in the Euro-Mediterranean world after the end of the Western Roman Empire, studying the major post-Roman polities with a comparative lens. The book’s main thesis concerns our understanding of early medieval unfreedom itself; according to the author, different categories of unfreedom could be adopted by landlords to manage and control their labour pool.
Review by: Visintini, Eduard,
2025-03-04 03:20
Fliehen – Kämpfen – Kapitulieren. Rationales Handel im Zeitalter Friedrich Barbarossas
Pohl, Mareike
The Book by Mareike Pohl examines military actions under Frederick I Barbarossa through modern sociological methods, emphasizing rational behavior over the fulfilment of honor in warfare. It reevaluates medieval sources, explores motivations like loot and payment, and challenges traditional honor-driven interpretations with a nuanced, multi-factorial perspective.
Review by: Beul, Johannes,
2025-01-28 07:15
The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus’ Land
Halperin, Charles J.
In this short book, Charles J. Halperin examines the transformation of the myth of the Rus’ Land. According to the author’s concept, this myth, which originated in the pre-Christian era (before 988), evolved from a clan-based myth into a dynastic legend of the Rurikids. Initially associated exclusively with the Dnieper River valley, the myth was transferred in the 14th century to the Suzdal region (translatio of the Rus’ land), where Moscow rulers (Vladimirovichi, a branch of the Rurikids dynasty) monopolized it.
Review by: Gvozdev, Egor,
2025-01-21 02:06
Renaissance Military Memoirs: War, History, and Identity, 1450-1600
Harari, Yuval N.
Harari’s Renaissance Military Memoirs undertakes a systematic study of a unique corpus of military texts. This book addresses the origin, nature, and function of this literary genre and compares historical texts to their modern counterparts.
Review by: Pellerano, Deanna,
2025-01-21 01:47
Between Ravenna and Constantinople. Rethinking Late Antique Settlement Patterns
Ciglenečki, Slavko
In Between Ravenna and Constantinople, the Slovenian archaeologist Slavko Ciglenečki presents a comprehensive analysis of the profound changes in settlement patterns during Late Antiquity.
Review by: Fischer, Samira,
2024-11-20 03:27
Solo sermone. Überlieferung und Deutung politischer Ansprachen der Päpste im Mittelalter
Strack, Georg
Review by: Büttner, Marco,
2024-11-07 02:10
Tsars and impostors. The struggle of ideas in Russia in the Time of Troubles
Antonov, Dimitrij I.
Dr. Antonov’s book is fascinating and sheds new light on the Time of Trouble perception. The monograph is essential for researchers of the history of the Tsardom of Russia in the Early Modern period and all the more for cultural history specialists.
Review by: Gvozdev, Egor,
2024-06-11 12:39
Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity
Shaner, Katherine
Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity is the first monograph written by Katherine Shaner, Associate Professor of New Testament at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity.
Review by: Visintini, Eduard,
2024-06-11 12:09
Gibt es einen gerechten Krieg?
Schmücker, Reinold
The book under discussion was published in 2021 in the Was bedeutet das alles? series by Reclam. It is the extended version of an essay that Reinold Schmücker, who teaches Philosophy at the University of Münster, published already in 2000 in Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie.
Review by: Büttner, Marco,
2024-05-16 03:16
Militärgeschichte des Mittelalters
Clauss, Martin
Martin Clauss is a professor of Medieval History at the University of Chemnitz. His expertise in medieval warfare is attested by various books, “Militärgeschichte des Mittelalters” being one of his latest (2020), published as part of the C.H.Beck Wissen series.
Review by: Beul, Johannes,
2024-05-16 11:41
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
Morton, Nicholas
This book by Nicholas Morton focuses not, as the title would suggest, on the Mongol Empire itself but on the many different cultures, religions, and empires of the Near East and their reactions to the oncoming Mongol Storm. The book is divided into twelve rather short sections, which highlight the various aspects of the invasion from different geographical, political, religious, and cultural viewpoints.
Review by: Schmidt, Vincent,
2024-05-16 11:36
The Starodub War, 1534–37: From the History of Russian-Lithuanian Relations
Krom, Mikhail M.
The book is dedicated to the Starodub war of 1534–1537 between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The author aims to reconstruct the military conflict from its beginning to the armistice phase and the exchange of prisoners.
Review by: Gvozdev, Egor,
2023-05-08 08:15
Human Trafficking in Medieval Europe: Slavery, Sexual Exploitation, and Prostitution
Paolella, Christopher
At its core, the book espouses an understanding of the concept of slavery taken from Orlando Patterson and Jennifer Glancy, which not only sees the relationship between master and slave as one of total domination of the latter by the former, but also considers the status and experience of a person of unfree status as fundamentally influenced by their gender.
Review by: Visintini, Eduard,
2023-05-08 03:47
Der Heeresdienst von Christen in der römischen Kaiserzeit. Studien zu Tertullian, Clemens und Origenes.
Gerstacker, Andreas
In his dissertation, Andreas Gerstacker addresses the question of the relationship between pre-Constantinian Christianity and soldierhood.
Review by: Rapp, Michael,
2023-05-08 03:42
Renaissance France at War: Armies, Cultures and Society, c.1480–1560.
Potter, David
Renaissance France at War is one of his most comprehensive works, seeking to cover 80 years of warfare in a single volume. Potter focuses mainly on the practical elements of warfare but also addresses art and literature
Review by: Pellerano, Deanna,
2023-05-08 03:38
Warhorse. Cavalry in Ancient Warfare
Sidnell, Philipp
This monograph by Philip Sidnell covers the topic of cavalry and mounted warfare in antiquity.
Review by: Nagy, Goldie,
2023-05-08 03:18
Justinian’s Balkan Wars. Campaigning, Diplomacy and Development in Illyricum, Thrace and the Northern World. A.D. 527–65
Sarantis, Alexander
In this book, Sarantis examines the historical and archaeological context of the developments in the Balkan provinces of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Justinian I. (527–565) in a comprehensive and detailed manner. In doing so, he aims to demonstrate that the Balkans were in no way politically or strategically subordinate, as the written sources may suggest.
Review by: Molitor, Regina Maria,
2023-05-08 03:13
A History of the Herules
Prostko-Prostyński, Jan
In his monograph, Jan Prostko-Prostyński contextualises the history of the Heruls against the background of the migration period. The history of the Heruls shows how the development and migration of a military group in this period should always be understood in a wider context of tension between the Eastern Roman and Western Roman Empires. The few reports by ancient authors have received little attention from previous research and only a few publications on this gens have appeared in recent years.
Review by: Margreiter, Philipp,
2023-05-08 03:07
Den Feind beschreiben. “Türkengefahr” und europäisches Wissen über das Osmanische Reich 1450-1600
Höfert, Almut
Almut Höfert’s comprehensive study, based on her dissertation, examines not only what these authors considered worth knowing, but also in what format the information was organized and presented. She assumes that the phenomenon of the Turkish fear, a specific enemy discourse of that time, led to Europeans describing their enemies more closely, engendering a more empirical look at the Ottomans, their government, culture, and religious practices.
Review by: Mallas, Simon,
2023-05-08 02:57
Controversial Histories – Current Views on the Crusades
Hinz, Felix and Meyer-Hamme, Johannes
The edited volume at hand aims to provide an overview of contemporary international discourse on the subject for both students and researchers. It assembles 27 current perspectives of academics on the role of the Crusades in the historical culture of their respective countries.
Review by: Kammerer, Lorenz,
2023-05-08 02:45
Early Byzantine settlements in Serbia and surroundings
Milinković, Mihailo
Mihailo Milinković’s monograph deals with early Byzantine settlements on the territory of present-day Serbia and its surroundings. These are the former late Roman provinces of Pannonia Secunda, Dalmatia, Moesia Prima, Dacia Ripensis, Dacia Mediterranea, Dardania and Praevalitana. The chronological focus lies in the 6th and early 7th century.
Review by: Fischer, Samira,
2023-05-08 02:40
Die Reconquista. Christen und Muslime auf der Iberischen Halbinsel 711–1492
Jaspert, Nikolas
In this short book, Nikolas Jaspert attempts to provide an overview of the history of the so-called Reconquista. Contrary to the image of a steady reconquest of Islamic territories, Jaspert aims to stress that this period was in fact characterized by various kinds of cultural exchange. Against this backdrop, he deconstructs the Reconquista as a powerful, but flawed narrative that does not sufficiently take into account the changing courses of the wars on the Iberian Peninsula and which obscures other aspects of the relations between Christians, Muslims and also Jews in this period.
Review by: Büttner, Marco,
2023-05-07 04:20
The Avar Siege of Constantinople in 626. History and Legend
Hurbanič, Martin
This book examines the Avar siege of Constantinople in 626, which was one of the most significant events of the seventh century.
Review by: Gediminskaitė, Guoda,
2022-09-27 09:22
Wirtschaft, Krieg und Seelenheil
Kaar, Alexandra
The Book explores papal & imperial trading bans during Hussite Wars 1420-1436 and analyze religious embargo politics in the context of late Middle Ages.
Review by: Kammerer, Lorenz,
2022-09-27 08:57
Die europäischen Mächte und der „Lange Türkenkrieg“ Kaiser Rudolfs II. (1593–1606)
Niederkorn, Jan
The book gives an overview of the initial situation of the states who were directly involved with the war and deals with the involvement of European states in this conflict.
Review by: Mallas, Simon,
2022-09-27 08:51
Staying Roman. Conquest and Identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439–700
Conant, Jonathan
Jonathan Conant asks the question in his book “Staying Roman”: “what became of the idea of Romanness […] once Roman power collapsed?”
Review by: Margreiter, Philipp,
2022-09-27 08:05
Religious Horror and Holy War in Viking Age Francia
Gillis, Bryan
Bryan Gillis explores the use of what he labels “horror rhetoric” by West-Francian authors in response to the misery befalling the kingdom from the 880s until the 920s
Review by: Peters, Bart,
2022-09-27 08:00
Krieg und Christentum, Opening chapter on War and Christianity
Holzem, Andreas
Holzem argues that the assumption of a general violence-promoting tendency of the monotheistic religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism), is too short-sighted
Review by: Rapp, Michael,
2022-09-27 07:53
Cultural Encounters on Byzantium’s Northern Frontier
Gandila, Andrei
Gandila analyses the contacts between Romans and “barbarian” groups within Byzantine Danube border zone during the 6th–8th centuries.
Review by: Molitor, Regina Maria,
2022-09-21 12:45
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Whittaker, Richard
“Frontiers of the Roman Empire. A Social and Economic Study” covers a broad time frame, beginning with Emperor Augustus in the 1st century and extending into the late 5th century.
Review by: Molitor, Regina Maria,
2022-09-21 12:38
Military Equipment in the Byzantine Manuscript of Skylitzes
Bruhn Hoffmeyer, Ada
The extensive article studies the military equipment visible in the illustrations of the Madrid Skylitzes.
Review by: Schoneveld, Katharina,
2022-09-08 08:55
The Byzantine Science of Warfare: From Treatises to Battlefield
Salmon, Thomas
Thomas Salmon aims at providing an overview on the characterizing features of the Byzantine science of warfare, siege and weaponry
Review by: Schoneveld, Katharina,
2022-09-08 08:46
Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365
Vásáry, István
The book under examination covers the period between 1185 and 1365 and has to do with the history of two nomadic peoples, namely the Cumans and the Tatars.
Review by: Rukavichnikova, Maria,
2022-04-05 05:11
England’s northern frontier: conflict and local society in the fifteenth-century Scottish marches
Armstrong Jackson
In this book, Armstrong deals with England’s far north in the 15th century as well as the concepts of ‘frontiers’ and ‘conflict’.
Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen,
2022-03-18 08:50
Die Zeit der Entwürfe. 1273-1347
Menzel, Michael
Michael Menzel presents an overview that deals with the political, social and artistic developments of the time from Rudolf I to the death of Ludwig VI.
Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen,
2022-03-18 08:48
Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976-1025)
Holmes, Catherine
Holmes’ Basil II and the Governance of Empire is an excellent book, in which she presents a well-argued summary of where ‘problem areas’ in the study of Basil II remain.
Review by: Guthier, Sophia Sonja,
2022-03-18 08:45
A History of Byzantium
Gregory Timothy E.
Timothy E.Gregory gives an overview over Byzantium’s history from the 3rd century to the fall of Constantinople.
Review by: Guthier, Sophia Sonja,
2022-03-18 08:44
Pillages, tributs, captifs. Prédation et sociétés de l’Antiquité tardive au haut Moyen Âge.
Keller, Rodolphe and Sarti, Laury
This edited volume deals with predation and its consequences and illustrates that plundering was a significant element of warfare during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
Review by: Peters, Bart,
2022-03-18 08:41
Victoria Romana. Archäologische Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Wesensart der römischen Siegesgöttin von den Anfängen bis zum Ende des 3. Jhs. n. Chr.
Hölscher, Tonio
Tonio Hölscher succeeded in creating a deeper understanding of the use and forms of representation of the Victoria motif with his dissertation “Victoria Romana”
Review by: Hanelt, Julia Sophia,
2022-03-18 08:39
Bild und Bildersprache der römischen Kaiser
Radnoti-Alföldi, Maria
Radnoti-Alföldi examines the images and image language of the Roman Empire using concrete examples of objects.
Review by: Hanelt, Julia Sophia,
2022-03-18 08:37
Feindesliebe und Gewaltverzicht. Zur Struktur und Problematik neutestamentlicher Friedensideen
Luz, Ulrich
The article is part of the volume “Krieg und Christentum – Religiöse Gewalttheorien in der Kriegserfahrung des Westens“ edited by Andreas Holzem
Review by: Rapp, Michael,
2022-03-18 05:14
Muslim Expansion and Byzantine Collapse in North Africa
Kaegi, Walter E.
Kaegis attempts to reexamine materials in the light of new discoveries about seventh-century Byzantium.
Review by: Margreiter, Philipp,
2022-03-18 04:36
Das Kreuz und der Halbmond. Die Geschichte der Türkenkriege
Matschke, Klaus Peter
The Book retells the history of the Turkish wars from the crusades in the 14th centuries until the great Turkish war in 1699.
Review by: Mallas, Simon,
2022-03-18 04:30
Kreuzzug als Selbstbeschreibung. Burgundische Statuspolitik in den spätmittelalterlichen Traktaten des Jean Germain
Burkart, Eric
Eric Burkharts dissertation aims to challenge the view on the crusade politics of the late medieval dukes of Burgundry (1363-1477).
Review by: Kammerer, Lorenz,
2022-03-18 04:26
Antoninus Pius und die Rollenbilder des römischen Princeps. Herrscherliches Handeln und seine Repräsentation in der Hohen Kaiserzeit.
Michels, Christoph
In his book, Christoph Michels examines the imperial representation during the reign of Antoninus Pius and its interrelations with the emperors’ policies.
Review by: Groll, Florian,
2022-03-18 04:09
The Roman Triumph
Beard, Mary
Mary Beard’s study does offer a profound and thoughtful treatise on the images and perceptions of Roman triumph in both ancient sources and modern research.
Review by: Groll, Florian,
2022-03-18 04:01
Warfare in the Norman Mediterranean
Theotokis, Georgios
The book focuses on the Mediterranean theatre of war that saw Norman military activity.
Review by: Peters, Bart,
2021-10-11 03:23
Writing Battles. New Perspectives on Warfare and Memory in Medieval Europe
Ashman Rowe, Elizabeth, Naismith, Rory, and Ní Mhaonaigh, Máire
Writing Battles explores the manifold functions of the battle depiction.
Review by: Peters, Bart,
2021-10-11 02:58
Military saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200
White, Monica
Military saints in Byzantium and Rus, 900-1200 examines the changes which cults of Byzantine military saints underwent in Rus.
Review by: Guthier, Sophia Sonja,
2021-10-11 02:27
Byzantium at War: AD 600-1453
Haldon, John
Haldon’s book explores the ways in which the medieval east Roman Empire secured its long existence.
Review by: Guthier, Sophia Sonja,
2021-10-11 02:20
The Roman Army
Le Bohec, Yan
Yann Le Bohec forms a broad and partially in-depth introductory work on the subject of the Roman army of the early and high imperial period.
Review by: Hahn, geb. Kuhn, Philipp,
2021-10-11 02:15
Kriegsführung im Mittelalter. Handlungen, Erinnerungen, Bedeutungen
Prietzel, Malte
This standard work of medieval cultures of war covers numerous aspects of medieval warfare and highlights connections between various regions and eras.
Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen,
2021-10-11 12:16
The Wars of Scotland 1214–1371
Brown, Michael
Browns’ book about medieval Scotland is an excellent introduction to the history of Scotland and a good complement to the existing research.
Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen,
2021-10-11 11:40
Der römische Triumph in Prinzipat und Spätantike.
Goldbeck, Fabian and Wienand, Johannes
The main goal of the volume is to provide an overview of the development and characteristics of the Roman triumph during the Principate and in Late Antiquity.
Review by: Groll, Florian,
2021-10-11 11:27
Princeps omni laude maior. A History of Stephen the Great
Gorovei Ștefan S. and Székely, Maria Magdalena
Ștefan S. Gorovei and Maria Magdalena Székely are both professors at the Faculty of History at “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Romania.
Review by: Chiriluş, Oana-Andreea,
2021-10-11 10:59
The Power of Words
Cristea, Ovidiu
Ovidiu Cristea’s attention is focused on words, gestures, and information related to warfare and how they were transmitted and understood in Danubian Principalities
Review by: Chiriluş, Oana-Andreea,
2021-10-11 10:48
Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300–900
Garipzanov, Ildar
Graphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300–900 deals with the cultural history of what the author calls „graphic signs“.
Review by: Stabel, Andrea,
2021-09-20 07:34
Byzantium and the Turks in the Thirteenth Century
Korobeinikov, Dimitri
Korobeinikov’s book describes empire of Nicaea and its relations with the Seljuk Turks of Rūm, the Mongols of the Ilkhanate, and the Turkish nomadic confederations
Review by: Zafeiropoulos, Christos,
2021-09-20 06:05
Warfare in Late Byzantium, 1204–1453
Kyriakidis, Savvas
Savvas Kyriakidis book examines late Byzantine military culture, influence of foreign cultures on Byzantine military practice and thought
Review by: Zafeiropoulos, Christos,
2021-09-20 06:01
Zeichen und Medien des Militärischen am Fürstenhof im frühneuzeitlichen Europa
Müller, Matthias (ed.)
The anthology Zeichen und Medien des Militärischen am Fürstenhof im frühneuzeitlichen Europa includes articles about art and culture at noble courts
Review by: Döring, Gwendolyn,
2021-09-18 05:39
Krieg in der Oper
Roth, Dennis
In his monograph Krieg in der Oper, Dennis Roth discusses the occurrence of war-related topics and motives in opera.
Review by: Döring, Gwendolyn,
2021-09-18 05:33
Warfare, State and Society in the Byzantine World, 565-1204
Haldon, John
The book under review presents the Byzantine warfare from the end of Justinian’s reign (565) until the capture of Constantinople by the crusaders of Western Europe (1204).
Review by: Zafeiropoulos, Christos,
2021-09-18 02:58
Coining Images of Power. Patterns in the Representation of Roman Emperors on Imperial Coinage A.D. 193-284
Manders, Erika
The book deals with Roman coinage and its importance as a medium of representation and self-portrayal of the Roman emperors in the 3rd century.
Review by: Hanelt, Julia Sophia,
2021-09-17 06:46
Geschenke des Kaisers. Studien zur Chronologie, zu den Empfängern und zu den Gegenständen der kaiserlichen Vergabungen im 4. Jahrhundert
Beyeler, Markus
Markus Beyeler devoted the book to the Roman system of largitiones and examines the different occasions, groups, forms, and production of the largitiones.
Review by: Hanelt, Julia Sophia,
2021-09-17 06:41
Zeitgeschichte auf der Opernbühne. Barockes Musiktheater in Hamburg im Dienst von Politik und Diplomatie
Schröder, Dorothea
In her postdoctoral thesis (Habilitation), Dorothea Schröder studies the operatic staging of contemporary history in late 17th to early 18th century Hamburg.
Review by: Döring, Gwendolyn,
2021-09-17 06:33
Das römische Heer in der Späten Kaiserzeit
Le Bohec, Yan
This work by Yann Le Bohec expands the topic of the Roman army to the 4th and 5th centuries AD.
Review by: Hahn, geb. Kuhn, Philipp,
2021-09-17 06:21
Narratologie und Geschichte. Eine Analyse schottischer Historiografie am Beispiel des »Scotichronicon« und des »Bruce«
Hachgenei, Davina
Davina Hachgenei implements a narratological method for the analysis of the two Late Medieval Scottish sources “Scotichronicon” and the “Bruce”
Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen,
2021-05-19 01:21
Medieval Chivalry
Kaeuper, Richard
Kaeuper’s book describes which aspects of chivalric life were the authors’ creations and which aspects had a connection to the everyday life of actual people.
Review by: Wiedmaier, Helen,
2021-05-19 01:15
Making History in Ninth-Century Northern and Southern Italy
Berto, Luigi Andrea
Making History in Ninth-Century Northern and Southern Italy focuses on historical narratives in Italy, where locals interacted with Muslims, Franks and Byzantines.
Review by: Peters, Bart,
2021-05-19 01:08
Krieg und Kunst im antiken Griechenland und Rom. Vier Triebkräfte kriegerischer Gewalt: Heldentum, Identität, Herrschaft, Ideologie.
Hölscher, Tonio
In his book „Krieg und Kunst im antiken Griechenland und Rom“ Tonio Hölscher examines how the war was depicted in Greek and Roman antiquity.
Review by: Groll, Florian,
2021-05-19 01:03
Romanians and Ottomans in the XIVth – XVIth centuries
Gemil, Tahsin
The book debuts with a presentation of the complex legal framework of the Romanian Principalities’ relations with the Ottoman Empire during the 14th-16th centuries
Review by: Chiriluş, Oana-Andreea,
2021-05-19 12:50
The Ottoman Threat and Crusading on the Eastern Border of Christendom during the 15th Century
Cristea, Ovidiu and Pilat, Liviu
The Romanian scholars Liviu Pilat and Ovidiu Cristea conduct an exhaustive diplomatic and political narrative focused on lower Danube and Black Sea areas
Review by: Chiriluş, Oana-Andreea,
2021-05-19 12:41
The Imperial „Vota“
Mattingly, Harold
Harold Mattingly’s two papers are devoted to coins with images and/or legends that refer to vota publica. This is the only work that deals extensively with vota coinage.
Review by: Hanelt, Julia Sophia,
2021-05-19 12:37
Typenatlas der römischen Reichsprägung von Augustus bis Aemilianus
Schmidt-Dick, Franziska
With the type atlas of the Roman Empire, Franziska Schmidt-Dick set herself the aim of systematically revising the typology of coin reverses in the catalogue
Review by: Hanelt, Julia Sophia,
2021-05-19 12:34
Η οργάνωση και η τακτική του βυζαντινού στρατού στην ύστερη περίοδο (1204-1461)
Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos Stergios
Kanellopoulos’ thesis presents and examines the military events of the period 1204-1461, as well as the Byzantine military tactics applied during this era.
Review by: Zafeiropoulos, Christos,
2021-05-19 12:22
Schlachtenbilder der römischen Kaiserzeit. Erzählerische Darstellungskonzepte in der Reliefkunst von Traian bis Septimius Severus
Faust, Stefan
Stefan Faust deals with the concepts of representation and the narrative strategies that stand behind these images of war and deals with media of various object types.
Review by: Hahn, geb. Kuhn, Philipp,
2021-05-19 12:16
Die Armee der Caesaren – Archäologie und Geschichte
Fischer, Thomas
The focus of the book are primarily the archaeological finds of the Roman Army, equipment, armament and military buildings from the various centuries.
Review by: Hahn, geb. Kuhn, Philipp,
2021-05-19 12:12
The Singing Turk
Wolff, Larry
In his book Larry Wolff studies the processes behind the popularity of musical depictions of the Ottoman Empire on the opera stage.
Review by: Döring, Gwendolyn,
2021-05-19 11:52
Pace. Musik zwischen Krieg und Frieden
Hanheide, Stefan
In this companion, Stefan Hanheide, Professor for Historical Musicology at Osnabrück University, presents forty compositions related to the topic of peace
Review by: Döring, Gwendolyn,
2021-05-19 11:35
Das Amt ‚Dux‘ in Spätantike und frühem Mittelalter
Zerjadtke, Michael
Michael Zerjadtke’s dissertation deals with the officer of the duces (sg. dux) in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Duces are generally translated as „military leaders”.
Review by: Stabel, Andrea,
2021-05-19 11:29
Angelsächsische Waffengräber des 5. bis 7. Jahrhunderts
Härke, Heinrich
Härke deals with the furniture of weapons in early Saxon graves and correlates the accessible archaeological and anthropological data as well as the written sources.
Review by: Stabel, Andrea,
2021-05-19 11:18
History and Geography in Late Antiquity
Merills, Andy
The role of geographical understanding in ancient and early medieval time and its connections to historical understanding is an important focus of this work.
Review by: Ulrich, Sonja,
2021-05-19 11:04
The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus.
Griffin, Sean
In the book The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus Griffin examines the sources of information for eleventh- and twelfth-century Rus clerics
Review by: Guthier, Sophia Sonja,
2021-05-17 04:08
Byzantium, the Islamic World & India AD 476-1526
Nicolle, David
David Nicolle is a military historian who focuses on the Middle Ages and the geographical area of the Middle East. The book is about weapons from Western Europe, while the second addresses the weapons of Byzantium, the Islamic world and India
Review by: Schoneveld, Katharina,
2021-04-29 11:15
Siegecraft. Two Tenth-Century Instructional Manuals by “Heron of Byzantium”
Sullivan, Denis
The book of Dennis Sullivan is an edition of two Byzantine siege treatises attribute to “Heron of Byzantium”
Review by: Schoneveld, Katharina,
2021-04-29 11:10
Die Slaven im Mittelalter
Mühle, Eduard
Eduard Mühle investigates how Slavs were perceived in the medieval world and what concepts and beliefs European sources used to present the Slavs
Review by: Guthier, Sophia Sonja,
2021-04-29 10:48
Η οργάνωση του στρατού κατά την ύστερη βυζαντινή περίοδο (1204-1453)
Panagiotidis, Kosmas
Kosmas Panagiotidis thesis presents the organization of the Byzantine army in the Late Period.
Review by: Zafeiropoulos, Christos,
2021-04-29 10:39
Byzantinische Geschichte
Ostrogorsky, Georg
This book counts as a standard work of Byzantine history. The text saw three editions at the German publisher’s C.H. Beck and two editions in English.
Review by: Ulrich, Sonja,
2021-04-29 10:05
Krieg und Christentum. Religiöse Gewalttheorien in der Kriegserfahrung des Westens
Holzem, Andreas
The volume Krieg und Christentum, edited by Andreas Holzem, offers numerous articles concerning the history of Christian war experience.
Review by: Krumbiegel, Manuel,
2021-04-24 10:31
Soldiering for God. Christianity and the Roman Army
Shean, John
John F. Shean’s monograph Soldiering for God approaches the topic by giving an analysis of the development of Christianity within the Roman army.
Review by: Krumbiegel, Manuel,
2021-04-24 10:28
Early Medieval Hagiography
Palmer, James
Early Medieval Hagiography attempts to outline the nature of hagiographical narratives, and to describe complexity and diversity of the Early Middle Ages
Review by: Peters, Bart,
2021-04-24 10:20
Imperator Augustus. Die diskursive Konstituierung der militärischen persona des ersten römischen princeps
Havener, Wolfgang
In this work, Havener undertakes the task of examining the way in which the Roman emperor Augustus was represented as a successful military leader.
Review by: Groll, Florian,
2021-04-24 04:01