Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Older military history research: Varangian guard and Byzantine era seige warfare


An article published in 1998 on the uses of the Varangian Guard

                        
13th century - The Battle of Stamford Bridge and the death of Harald Hardrada (wielding a battleaxe)

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A short note and summary of a doctoral thesis on the strategy and tactics of siege warfare in  the early Byzantine period



Diagram of a trebuchet, from the Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVe siècle (1854–1868)

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