Charles Oman

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

I. The Transition from Roman to MediAEval Forms in War. A.D. 378 - 582.

II. The Early Middle Ages. A.D. 476 (1066) (81).

III. The Byzantines and their Enemies. 28 A.D. 582 - 1071.

IV. The Supremacy of Feudal Cavalry. A.D. 1066 - 1346.

V. The Swiss. A.D. 1315 - 1515.

VI. The English and their Enemies. A.D. 1272 - 1485.

VII. Conclusion.

FOOTNOTES:

Transcriber's Notes

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Lothian Prize Essay
1884

THE ART OF WAR
IN THE
MIDDLE AGES

Oxford
PRINTED BY HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

THE ART OF WAR
IN THE
MIDDLE AGES
A.D. 378–1515

BY
C. W. C. OMAN, B.A.
FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE

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The Author desires to acknowledge much kind help received in the revision and correction of this Essay from the Rev. H. B. George, of New College, and Mr. F. York Powell, of Christ Church.