Im Jahr 1328 fand die Dynastie der Kapetinger ihr Ende. Dies war der Auslöser für den Hundertjähr...

This Osprey title details the epic four-month siege of the city of Constantinople in 1453, last v...

As early as the 11th century, Italian warfare was developing along lines which were unique in med...

In the early decades of the 8th century AD, Islamic forces were flooding into Europe through the ...

At a time when multiple wars are raging across much of the Middle East, it is almost forgotten th...

This is NOT just another retelling of the Fall of Constantinople, though it does include a very f...

In 1187, Christian Europe was shaken by events in the Middle East. This volume tells the story of...

In 1373, John of Gaunt set off from Calais on a great raid to strike at the heart of France.Drive...

On 26 August 1071 a large Byzantine army under Emperor Romanus IV met the Saljuq Turk forces of S...

Charlemagne's conquests became the driving force in European politics between the Muslim defeat a...

The Fourth Crusade was the first and most famous of the 'diverted' crusades, that is, ones divert...

The Khazars were one of the most important Turkic peoples in European history, dominating vast ar...

Hundreds of fighter-bombers of Soviet design and manufacture served in the air forces of multiple...

Richly illustrated, the first comprehensive and inclusive operational history of military flying ...

The years leading up to the Second World War and into its early years saw the Arab countries and ...

A highly illustrated account of the defeat of the English Kingdom in France at the battles of For...

Although the Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the Roman Empire and faced similar military p...

An illustrated account of a key battle in 636 AD, when, after protracted skirmishing and minor en...

Salah al Din Yusif ibn Ayyub, known to his Muslim contemporaries as al Nasi, 'The Victorious', an...

In 1095 the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I appealed to the Christian states of western Europe for he...

The high point of medieval Islamic expansion was the 700-year presence of the 'Moors' in Spain an...

After disastrous defeats at the hands of the Mongols in the 13th century, the Russian principalit...

From humble beginnings, in the course of three centuries the Portuguese built the world's first t...

Osprey's study of the battle at Acre, one of the last campaigns of the Crusages (1095-1291). In A...

Sixty years since the tripartite aggression of France, Great Britain and Israel against Egypt, th...

A commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North S...

1071 yilindaki Malazgirt savasi Bizans ile Dogu Hiristiyanligina mahvedici bir darbe indirmis ve ...

This Osprey title examines the crucial campaign which marked the turning point of the Hundred Yea...

With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spea...

The Ottoman Turkish Empire was one of the leading protagonists of World War I, and the stolid cou...

Genc Osmanli sultani 2. Mehmed, iktidarini nihayet saglamlastirdigi 1452 yilinin sonunda sefer ha...

Tarihin en büyük savaslarinin ayrintili dökümleri, hasim kuvvetlerin stratejileri, taktikleri, as...

Born of a mixture of religious fervour, military ardour and political will, the Crusades ( 1095 -...

The Great War of 1914-18 is often seen as one major battleground - the Western Front - with numer...

Medieval Italy was characterized by regular warfare among its numerous city-states, as well as in...

Based on decades of research and newly available sources in Arabic and European languages, and il...

While Scandinavia's 'Viking Age' is one of the most studied aspects of early medieval history, mu...

The Bulgars were a Turkic people who established a state north of the Black Sea.In the late 500s ...

The history of Poland is a fascinating study of a people struggling to achieve nationhood in the ...

Oasprey's study of Ottoman infantrymen during World War I (1914-1918). The Ottoman Army was the f...

In the year 1495, Charles VIII was the youthful King of France, the most powerful state in mediev...

During the Middle Ages, Islam was Christian Europe's only civilized and most troublesome neighbor...

It is generally assumed that the military reforms which propelled Russia into the modern world we...

The 8th century heralded the start of a golden age in the history of the Islamic world. At this t...

When it came to non-gunpowder machine development, the medieval period was one of the most invent...

The Medieval era was a period of huge variety and invention in siege warfare. Before the use of c...

Originally published: New York: Putnam, 1898.

Wielding their swords in the name of their faith, the crusaders originally set out to reclaim Jer...