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Typically, the European Medieval Period is considered from 476 CE onward - at least, that's how it's taught at the university level. 700? What is the definition of medieval? -Anders Törlind When to start? Pick a suitably early date. I think Europe is quite enough to deal with (the middle ages are hardly an era elswhere anyway). Also, are we limiting this to Western Medieval? Someone is bound to want to throw in Japanese for comparison (eventually), I'm sure. Um.how early are we going with this? I ask because if we start adding in any old Germanic/Barbarian people, we're going to get a lot of folks who were allied with and trained by the Romans.which I would call late antique. Ok - i suggest changing to Chivalry JHK Article scope: how early? Terribly unscientific, so please change it if you have a handy term for those kind of things :-) Might just be me reading to many romantic novels as well, hehe.

Wondering what was meant by the Honor(s) system? JHKĪh, just all the 'honor in battle', 'knights honor', 'family honor' and all that stuff going on. I know! :-) Then we just need to sink our teeth into all these concepts and hammer out a readable text. Just so long as you tiptoe around the F-word (shhhh - feudalism), Anders, you'll be o.k.! -MichaelTinkler JHK and MichaelTinkler inter alia might be interested in this one. Nice one Anders, look forward to collaborating with you on this. There is one - Popular revolt in late medieval Europe. My email is Perhaps even put the list in wikipedia somewhere? Perhaps there should be a 'Peasant Uprisings' article? I am sure I would be interested in it. And yes, I would love to see the readings list. It had some stuff about Swiss uprisings, the Hundred Years' War, and the 1381 revolt in England. Sure, go ahead.actually, I just had a class about peasant violence, I could send you the reading list if you want. The peasants may not have been totally alone, but the term 'peasant uprising' might still apply. I seem to recall that some have described the some Swiss uprisings as being performed by peasants, leading eventually to a Switzerland without Habsburg interference. It took several years before France could retaliate, as I recall it, under St Cyr. In one account of the 'The battle of the 400 golden spurs' Battle of the Golden Spurs, the peasants did away with the elite knights of France. I shall try and get that book to read and confirm this, because the accounts that I have seen on the internet do not mention peasants, whereas I am sure Barabara Tuchman refers to these as peasant uprisings. Two border cases might be cited, both from a book by Barbara Tuchman about two successful uprisings. In this text it says that all peasant revolts were supressed. 35 A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion.31 External links modified (January 2018).27 Longbow and the Decline of Heavy Cavalry.25 Numbers at Crecy and Longbow fire rate.

By attacking over unsuitable ground, d'Albret doomed his army.

Several thousand Frenchmen (including d'Albret) were killed and many more were taken prisoner, while the English may have lost as few as 100 men (the exact number is unknown). By the time the French got to hand to hand combat, they were tired and disordered. This gave the English archers sitting targets. The French soldiers slid, slipped and fell, making their advance painfully slow. He chose to lead his armoured men across a field of sticky clay mud, turned to a quagmire by heavy rain. But when Henry advanced with flags flying and men chanting, d'Albret took this as an insulting challenge and attacked.

All d'Albret needed to do was block the route to English-held territory. The English were short of food and were suffering from having to camp outside in autumn weather. In 1415 an English army under Henry V was marching across northern France when it was confronted by a larger force of Frenchmen under Charles d'Albret.

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By making a series of mistakes – including a failure to allow his men to rest or refresh their water supplies – Crassus lost at Carrhae. The Roman army fled back into the desert, where half of them were killed and 10,000 captured to be sold into slavery. Surenas offered to negotiate peace terms, but when Crassus went to parley he was murdered. Tired, thirsty and hungry, the Roman soldiers failed to fight well, and soon Crassus was surrounded. Crassus led his men into an immediate attack, not allowing them to camp overnight beside a river in case Surenas escaped. Learning that the main Parthian army was attacking Armenia, Crassus marched his army directly across the desert hoping to capture the rich cities of Mesopotamia.Īrriving at Carrhae, Crassus found a force of around 10,000 Parthian cavalry under Surenas blocking his path. In 53 BC the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus invaded the Parthian empire with an army of between 35,000 and 45,000 legionaries (and 4000 cavalry) and around 12,000 allies.

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