Alfred's Wars by Lavelle, Ryan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Frontcover List of Illustrations List of Tables Source Acknowledgements Note on sources Preface Abbreviations 1 Introduction: A Society at War: Mentalities of Warfare in Later Anglo-Saxon England

2 Friends and Foes

Britons and the ‘Kingdom of the English’ The advent of the Vikings Their own worst enemy? Internal conflicts

3 Organization and Equipment: Land

The nation at arms? ‘Five Hides and All That’: Aristocrats and military service A royal elite? The housecarls Arms, armour, and status ‘A nobleman belongs on horseback’: horses and equestrian equipment Summary

4 Organization and Equipment: Maritime

Types of vessel Fleet logistics Æthelweard’s Chronicon and records of nautical terminology The organization of coastal defence Summary

5 Campaigns and Strategies

The movement of armies Amphibious warfare and combined operations: Ships in campaigns Summary

6 Fortifications

The Burghal Hidage and the organization of fortifications Fortifications in action Fortifications in the Second Viking Age Summary and observations

7 Fields of Slaughter: Battles and Battlefields

Courage, cowardice and motivation Medieval or classical sources? Fighting techniques and battlefield tactics Naval battles Locating and remembering battlefields Summary

8 After the Battle: Peacemaking and Peace Agreements

Opportunities for negotiation Strategic peace: the use and abuse of peace? Truce, peace and peace treaties Summary

Conclusions Appendix: Chronology Bibliography Index