The Logistics of Medieval Warfare
In 1979 General Robert H. Barrow, then the commander of the US Marine Corps said that amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics. When I read that sentence I…
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This is How Medieval Battles Worked!
There are a lot of wrong perceptions of how Medieval battles worked. One part of these wrong perceptions can be contributed to Hollywood which loves to show movies where giant…
The Price of Weapons & Armor in the Middle Ages
When we think about the Middle Ages then we usually imagine knights in metal suits of armor riding to battle. But how much did weapons and armor cost during the…
3 reasons why the Normans built castles (and How they built them)
After William the Bastard who later got known as William the Conquerer and his army of Normans had crossed the English Channel they immediately started building a castle at the…