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Medieval warfare Vol VI.6 - The Masses Are Rising The German Peasants' War Theme: Kelly DeVries, A look at the German Peasants' Revolt - Lucifer and his angels Why would peasants revolt? The answer once given by historians influenced by Marxist economic and historical thought was that they were oppressed by those who, in a pre-industrial historical context, essentially owned them. This ownership gave these lords the right to determine an almost daily regimen of hard agricultural work for their peasants, whose only respite came from the times they were worshiping in their churches or involved in Church holy days and other activities. The peasants were simply revolting against this oppressive enforced labor. Theme: Erich B. Anderson, Landsknechts in the German Peasant armies - WildcardsEarly in April 1525, the peasant army known as the Lake Band stormed throughout Upper Swabia, seizing a considerable number of precious castles from their aristocratic enemies. Led by Dietrich Hurlewagen of Lindau and Hans Jacob Humpis of Senftenau, the formidable band of peasants originated near Rappertsweiler at Lake Constance with 12,000 armed men. The large and well-equipped force met little resistance until the morning of 15 April, when the 7,000 troops of the Swabian League confronted them outside of Weingarten. At first, the two sides exchanged artillery fire, but then instead of ordering an attack on the peasant troops, the League commander, Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg, made a tactical retreat behind the village of Gaisbeuren. By 17 April, the Truchsess still refused to fight a pitched battle and decided he would rather sign a treaty with the Band, for one major reason: the many Landsknechts within its ranks. Theme: Jean-Claude Brunner, The Prince-Archbishop vs. the people - The Siege of Salzburg In July 1525, the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg looked down from the towering fortress of Hohensalzburg on his angry subjects in the city below. Would the relief force, led by the famous father of the Landsknechte, Georg von Frundsberg, arrive in time?Theme: Sidney E. Dean, Götz von Berlichingen, reluctant leader - Knight of the Iron Hand Faithful knight, oath breaker, robber baron, incorrigible feudmonger, mercenary, landlord - Götz von Berlichingen was all of these things. In 1525 he added insurgent leader to his list of sobriquets, becoming captain and commander of one of the largest people's armies of the P easants' War.Theme: Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis, Anti-war propaganda in the 16th-century - Death, violence & sex As the Middle Ages came to a close, artists were pushing past boundaries to take their work into new mediums and exploring new themes. Some were now eager to show us both the absurdity and horror of warfare as they saw it. What they produced was both astonishing and profound. The source: Murray Dahm, Engels on the German Peasants' War - Through modern eyes Friedrich Engels' Der Deutsche Bauernkrieg (The Peasant War in Germany) was first published in 1850, inspired by the recent events of the 1848 revolution in Germany. Engels saw parallels between the two events and considered that the same forces (socio-economic and political rather than religious) were at play. It became, and has remained, the most prominent history of the war, but it must be read with caution. Special: Danny Lake-Giguere, Royal forests during The Hundred Years War - Seeds of war Historians have increasingly been examining the logistics of medieval warfare. For example, armies needed timber to build everything from ships to crossbow bolts. By the late Middle Ages the demand for this wood would be so great that governments had to figure out ways to manage their supply. The weapon: Paul B. Sturtevant, The medieval weapon that never existed - The military flail Anyone interested in the Middle Ages - from amateur to professor - likely knows what a military flail is. It's one of the most iconic weapons of the period. It has a short handle (about the length of a forearm), a long chain and a spiked head at the end of it, and wielded with one hand. They are everywhere: films, museums, reproduction weapons shops. They also never existed. Movie knights: Murray Dahm, Silent, unwashed and downtrodden - Peasants on film Hersteller: Karawansaray Publishers, Postal address: Postbus 4082, 7200 BB Zutphen, The NetherlandsVerantwortliche Person: Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG, Gehrn 4, 25596 WackenKontakt: www.karwansaraypublishers.com

Ritter Kochbuch von Heiko Schwartz - Eine köstliche Zeitreise ins Mittelalter -Hardcover, ca.96 Seiten durchg. Farbfotos, Format 21 x 20 cm Inhalt: Ritter - wer denkt da nicht an die edelmütigen Helden in schimmernder Rüstungund an liebliche Burgfräulein die dem Minnesang des gepanzerten Kämpfers nurzu gern erliegen? Mystisch und faszinierend sind die Legenden jener fernen Zeitin der der Arm eines freien Mannes stark genug sein musste ein Schwert siegreich zu führen! Wilde Gelage, martialische Kämpfe aber auch handwerkliches Geschick, höfischeLebensart und Musik prägen unsere Vorstellung des Zeitalters, das häufig alsDas Dunkle bezeichnet wird. Wer einmal in den Gewölben einer einstuneinnehmbaren Feste im tanzenden Lichtschein der Fackeln einen guten Weingetrunken und dabei den Harfenklängen längst vergessener Melodien gelauscht hat,oder wer an solch einem Ort ein dunkles Bier zu gegarten Köstlichkeiten voneiner sich biegenden Tafel verzehrt hat, weiß, wie schnell man alles um sichherum vergisst und eine Zeitreise in eine, alles andere als dunkle Zeitbeginnt. Dieses Kochbuch gibt Inspiration und Anleitung zu einer kulinarischen Reise andie im Feuerschein glühenden Herdstellen und prunkvollen Tafeln der Ritterzeit,aber auch für den fahrenden Ritter oder Kaufmann, der im Feldlager oder einemarmseligen Wirtshaus nächtigt und vorher noch eine gute Mahlzeit genießen will.Mannigfaltige Tipps und Variationen lassen uns die historischen Rezepte aufüberlieferte Weise oder auch mit modernen Mitteln zubereiten. Wer sich alsonicht nur mittelalterlich kleiden und so kämpfen möchte, sondern auch in der Art der Ritter zu speisen wünscht oder seinen Met und Käse nach überlieferter Weise selbst herstellen mag, der möge sich dieses Buch nicht entgehen lassen. Der Autor: Heiko Schwartz, Jahrgang 1975 wollte schon als 6-jähriger Robin Hood werden. Seit 20 JahrenSportfechter, beschäftigt er sich seit einigen Jahren mit mittelalterlichenKampftechniken, insbesondere mit dem Schwertfechten. Der Sport verbunden mitseinem damaligen Berufswunsch führte zu einer ausgeprägten Beschäftigung mitdem Thema Mittelalter. Als Jäger an der Quelle zu frischem Fleisch und Zutatenaus der Natur lag es nahe, sich das dunkle Zeitalter auch über den Genuss vonSpeis und Trank zu erschließen.Hersteller: Zauberfeder GmbH, Witzlebenstr. 2, 38116 BraunschweigVerantwortliche Person: Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG, Gehrn 4, 25596 WackenKontakt: info@battlemerchant.com

Schwertkampf - Band 3 - Der Kampf mit dem langen Schwert nach der italienischen Schule Guy Windsor Eine umfassende Einführung in den Kampf mit dem Langschwert nach der Italienischen Schule. Guy Windsor, langjähriger Experte in Sachen mittelalterlichem Schwertkampf, erläutert die Grundlagen, Prinzipien und Praxis des Ritterkampfes anhand der Taktik und Techniken, wie sie im Jahre 1410 von Fiore dei Liberi in dessen Werk Il Fior di Battaglia niedergeschrieben wurden. Anschauliche Kampfsequenzen, Tipps zu Ausrüstung, Training und Freikampf sowie ein umfassendes Glossar der Fachbegriffe runden das Buch ab. Der Autor: Guy Windsor erforscht die historische Schwertkunst nach der italienischen Schule sowie ritterlichen Kampf seit den späten 1990er Jahren und lehrt diese Kunst professionell seit 2001. Er schrieb mehrere Lehrbücher und ist außerdem regelmäßig auf seinem Blog zum Thema Schwertfechten zu lesen. Windsor hat seine englische Heimat verlassen und lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen Töchtern in Helsinki, Finnland. Gebundene Ausgabe 176 Seiten Format: 19,0 x 24,5 cm Sprache: deutsch Hersteller: Wieland VerlagVerantwortliche Person: Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG, Gehrn 4, 25596 WackenKontakt: info@battlemerchant.com

Ancient Warfare magazine Vol X.5 - The Legacy Of Cyrus The empires of Persia at war Theme: Cristian Violatti, The empires of Persia at war - Historical introduction Medes, Persians or Achaemenids? Ancient sources rarely cared to differentiate them. Their tribes united and became kingdoms, and their kingdoms turned into empires. Some of the most decisive chapters of ancient warfare were written when their ever-changing borders brought them face-to-face with the great western powers. Theme: Daan Nijssen, Cyrus' conquest of Babylon - How history became myth Cyrus' conquest of Babylon is relatively well documented thanks to the Nabonidus Chronicle, the Cyrus Cylinder, and later Greek sources like Herodotus and Xenophon. It appears that this event has left traces in later Persian oral tradition, since a story similar to Cyrus' conquest of Babylon can be found in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Iran's national epic. Theme: Sidney E. Dean, Cyrus and the conquest of Media - Beginning of Greatness Legend says that Median king Astyages dreamt that his daughter's son would overrun his realm. To prevent this he married his daughter Mandane off to a backwater prince at the edge of his realm. But legends teach that destiny cannot be cheated. The couple had a son named Cyrus who would indeed depose his grandfather and forge an empire greater than all that had come before. Theme: Murray Dahm, My men have turned to women! - Artemisia of Halicarnassus In his account of Xerxes' invasion of Greece, Herodotus goes out of his way to give an account of Artemisia - female tyrant of Halicarnassus - before, during, and in the aftermath of the Battle of Salamis. This account, and Artemisia herself, are remarkable for a variety of reasons, but the idea of a capable female commander had a great impact on the ancient world. Theme: Steve Christian-Noonan, A look at Aeschylus' The Persians - Persian Grief, Athenian triumph The Persians is a Greek tragic play written by Aeschylus and is also the only extant play besides the comedies whose subject matter is not taken from legend, but from recent Athenian history, i.e. the Battle of Salamis (480 BC). It provides the reader with the earliest account of the battle as witnessed by the playwright, who may also have been present at the Battle of Plataea (479 BC). Theme: Robert Holmes, The Persian scythed chariot - A reaping whirlwind The Persians had a long association with the war chariot, beginning in the days of their Aryan ancestors. Yet despite this long association, the Persians never seem to have made as extensive use of the war chariot as did some of their neighbours. They did, however, develop the most recognizable and awe-inspiring war chariot of the ancient world. Theme: Arnold Blumberg, The army of the Persian Empire, 490-330 BC Achaemenid Persia was the classical world's greatest power, stretching from India to Egypt and across Asia Minor. Its nearly invincible armies comprised a mix of infantry, archers, and cavalry. The idea that hoplite warfare was superior, as marked by the Greek victory at Marathon, is called into question, as prior to that contest Persian armies won one battle after another against hoplites during the Ionian Revolt of 499-493 BC. Theme: Konstantin Nossov, Fortress Europos (Dura-Europos) - Pompeii of the desert Dura-Europos - Hellenistic, then Parthian and Roman city - stood on the Euphrates, about 250km from Palmyra. Destroyed by the Sasanians in the mid-third century AD, Dura-Europos never revived and has been called the Pompeii of the Syrian Desert (Rostovtzeff). The dry climate and sand kept numerous rare artefacts well preserved: the siege ramp, a mine with the remains of warriors, weapons, wooden shields, and arrows for throwing machines. What will survive of this unique monument after the present war in Syria? Theme: Alexander Stover, Forbears of a formidable archery tradition Whether as heavily-armoured cataphracts or as footmen, the armies of the Sassanid empire used archery to devastating effect in wars against such enemies as the Romans and the Huns. The methods of the individual Persian archers of Late Antiquity provide a fascinating glimpse into a martial art and sport that was held in great prestige by their society. Long after the Sassanid Empire succumbed to the Muslim conquests, they were remembered with awe and respect. Graphic history: Josho Brouwers, Alexander the Great on surprise attacks - Stealing victory When, on the eve of the Battle of Gaugamela, in 331 BC, some of Alexander's companions saw the great many fires lit by the Persian host across the plain, they became afraid of confronting this vast army in broad sunlight. They counselled the king to attack the Persian camp under cover of darkness. But Alexander refused and said, I will not steal my victory. Special: Joseph Hall, Defining (and denying) injurious force Until recently, academia has been in denial about the ubiquity of violence in ancient times. Even with attitudes now changing, however, the fact that violence has been ignored as a subject for so long means it is still a very under-studied field of enquiry. Few people would argue with the statement that the Roman Empire was created and maintained in large part by the use of force, so why has the study of such force - in all its contexts - received so little attention so far? The debate: Robbert Bleij, Roman heavy infantry on the battlefield - Lines and limits For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by the behaviour of human beings under pressure - not only in my personal life, but also as a student of history. My thesis Lines and Limits deals with the psychological and physical limits and possibilities of soldiers under stress in the period of the Late Republic and the Early Principate. Hollywood Romans: David L. Reinke, A lively and dignified epic - The 300 Spartans Given the legendary aspects of Thermopylae, it is surprising that Hollywood has largely ignored this seminal engagement. With the exception of a few documentaries, there are but two feature films to speak of: The 300 Spartans (1961) and, much more recently, Zack Snyder's film 300 (2006). Quite a lively epic with some dignity, is how film critic Leslie Halliwell, with laconic brevity worthy of the Spartans, summed up The 300 Spartans. Hersteller: Karawansaray Publishers, Postal address: Postbus 4082, 7200 BB Zutphen, The NetherlandsVerantwortliche Person: Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG, Gehrn 4, 25596 WackenKontakt: www.karwansaraypublishers.com

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Contemporary Scrimshaw - History, Process, Gallery by Eva Halat Scrimshaw may be regarded as pure art, or as decoration for objects intended for daily wear or use. It is especially popular for ornamenting the grips of fine knives, and is often found on ear rings, pendants, belt buckles, or other jewelry. Scrimshaw is also a perennial favorite on powder horns for the muzzle-loading enthusiast and, on occasion, it may even be used to add a touch of individuality to a traditional archer's favorite bow. Taking advantage of her wide circle of acquaintances in this field, the author has devoted almost two thirds of her book to a remarkable gallery section. Here, often in their own words, she introduces the reader to 42 people, European as well as American artists, who are among the best scrimshanders in the world today, and she presents samples of their art in a virtually unique collection of extraordinary photographs. The artists' biographies and the technical sections contain hints and tips that may be of considerable interest to experienced scrimshaw artists. 224 pages HardcoverHersteller: Verlag Angelika HörnigVerantwortliche Person: Battle-Merchant Wacken GmbH & Co. KG, Gehrn 4, 25596 WackenKontakt: info@battlemerchant.com

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