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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
A note on sources
Maps
Epigraph
1 Violence
Introduction
Crime and Punishment
2 War
The King as Judge and Executioner
The King as Warrior
The Church and Just War
Chivalry and the Laws of War
3 Battles
Battles in Medieval Warfare
Massacres of Prisoners
Verden, 782
Waterford, 1170
Hattin, 1187 and Acre, 1191
Agincourt, 1415
Towton, 1461 and Tewkesbury, 1471
Conclusions
4 Sieges
Sieges in Medieval Warfare
Storm, Sack and Non-Combatants
Jerusalem, 1099
Château Gaillard, 1203–4
Béziers, 1209
Limoges, 1370
Conclusions
5 Campaigns
Campaigns in Medieval Warfare
Ravaging
William the Conqueror’s Harrying of the North, 1069–70
King David’s Scottish Invasions, 1138
King John’s Winter Campaign, 1215–16
The Black Prince’s Grand Chevauchée, 1355
Conclusions
6 Medieval Savagery?
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
Picture Section
About the Author
Copyright
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