BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; MAP; 1 WARFARE AND VIOLENCE IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES; 2 WARFARE AND SOCIETY; 3 RAISING AN ARMY (1): POST-ROMAN EUROPE; 4 RAISING AN ARMY (2): THE CAROLINGIAN WORLD; 5 RAISING AN ARMY (3): ALLIES, MERCENARIES AND TRAINING THE TROOPS; 6 RAISING AN ARMY (4): THE SIZE OF ARMIES; 7 CAMPAIGNING; 8 WEAPONRY AND EQUIPMENT; 9 BATTLE; 10 FORTIFICATION AND SIEGE WARFARE; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX: MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE FRANKISH REALMS, 581-90; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Warfare was an integral part of early medieval life. This book looks at warfare in a rounded context in the British Isles and Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the break-up of the Carolingian Empire
