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References to illustrations are shown in bold<br />

Acre, Siege of 48, 174<br />

Adhemar of Le Puy, Bishop 52, 53, 106, 106<br />

Aelred of Rievaulx 123,173<br />

Agincourt, Battle of (1415) 80,99, 104, 124-5, 125, 126,<br />

127, 135, 136, 139, 177, 213, 216, 217, 223; campaign 107,<br />

113, 115<br />

Aimon, Archbishop of Bourges 154<br />

aketon padded coat 34, 36, 51<br />

Al-Adil 174<br />

Albigensian Crusade 153, 172<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>er the Great 19, 68, 69<br />

Alfonso X of Castile 150,186<br />

AJjubarrota, Battle of (1385) 80, 122<br />

Amauiy de Montfort 151<br />

Andrew the Chaplain 181<br />

Anet <strong>and</strong> Sorel melee tournament (1178) 86—7<br />

Anjou, Count of 132<br />

AntiocH, Siege of (1098) 52, 53, 115<br />

Aquinas, Thomas 152<br />

archers see bows <strong>and</strong> crossbows<br />

aristocratic elites: <strong>and</strong> grants of l<strong>and</strong> for military service 24—5;<br />

relationship with Carolingian kings 26<br />

armies: 'battles', 'divisions' <strong>and</strong> 'wings' 97, 99, 121—3; discipline<br />

101; on the march 107—14; mixed retinues (archers <strong>and</strong><br />

men-at-arms) 98—9; Ordonanee of France <strong>and</strong> Burgundy 99;<br />

provisioning 112, 112—13; raising <strong>and</strong> structure 96—106; rank<br />

structure 100<br />

armour 8, 30^ 1, 34; Bundrennen jousting 41; cost 54—5;<br />

decoration 55—6, 56; development chronology 33—9;<br />

effectiveness 56—60; gothic style 37—9, 39, 55, 56; Maximilian<br />

plate 39, 40, 221; in medieval illustrations 30—1; Milanese<br />

style 37-9, 39; parade (16th centuiy) 222; regional styles 50;<br />

selection of 50—6; Tonlet 42; tournament 40—1, 41<br />

arms see individual arms <strong>and</strong> weapons<br />

arret de la cuirasse 40<br />

Arthur, King 12, 19,209<br />

artillety <strong>and</strong> gunpowder weapons 100, 105,214,217<br />

Artois, Count of 97, 105-6, 120, 133, 169, 220<br />

Assizes 55; of Clarendon 181; Gr<strong>and</strong> 186<br />

Augustine of Hippo, St 151—3<br />

aventails 35, 36, 37<br />

axe, long-hafted 47<br />

Baldwin of Boulogne 52, 106<br />

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem 76<br />

B<strong>and</strong>, Order of the 150<br />

bannerets, <strong>and</strong> social status 181—2, 183<br />

INDEX<br />

Bannockburn, Battle of (1314) 104, 105, 106, 111, 115, 126-7,<br />

134, 166, 169, 214<br />

Barnet, Battle of (1471) 169<br />

'barriers' <strong>and</strong> pas d'artnes 121<br />

bascinets see helms/helmets<br />

Bayeux Tapestiy 31, 32, 33, 43, 46, 47, 57, 70, 71, 161, 162<br />

Beauchamp Pageant 31<br />

be'bourds, sporting games 85, 86<br />

Beowulf 44, 147-8<br />

Berkeley, Lord Thomas 188<br />

Bernard of Clairvaux 155-6, 159, 164, 196<br />

Bernay, Richard Duke of 208<br />

Bertr<strong>and</strong> de Born 129, 175-6, 188<br />

Bertr<strong>and</strong> du Guesclin 92, 102-3, 103, 104, 106, 120, 137, 138,<br />

140, 155, 198<br />

bishops <strong>and</strong> priests at war 152—3<br />

Black Prince, Edward the 92, 98, 102, 122, 126, 137, 139, 140,<br />

151, 161, 167, 176, 190, 198-9, 199<br />

Blount, John 101<br />

Bohemond of Taranto 106, 115, 146<br />

Boke of St Albans 208<br />

Bonet, Honore 144, 175<br />

Book of Chivalry (Charny) 164, 188<br />

Bosworth, Battle of (1485) 19<br />

Bourgtheroulde, Battle of (1124) 123<br />

Bouvines, Battle of (1214) 58, 76, 121, 165-6<br />

bows <strong>and</strong> crossbows 48-9, 49, 98, 99, 104, 110francs-archers<br />

216; longbows 60, 124, 214, 216<br />

breastplates 36, 38, 39, 40<br />

Bremuie, Battle of (1119) 58, 76, 78, 133, 134, 136, 149<br />

Bridgnorth, siege of (1102) 176<br />

broom pod symbol 200<br />

buccellarii Roman units 23<br />

Bucephalus 68<br />

Caernarfon Castle 203<br />

Calais, Siege of (1347) 176<br />

Calverley, Hugh 130<br />

'camp fever' (typhoid <strong>and</strong> cholera) 114<br />

Canterbury Tales (Chaucer) 81<br />

Capet, Hugh 26<br />

capture <strong>and</strong> ransom, in battle 137—9, 166<br />

Carmen de Haestingae Proelu>, poem 77<br />

Carolingian warfare 23—7; horsemen 25<br />

Castillon, Battle of (1453) 214<br />

castles <strong>and</strong> manors 202—6; motte <strong>and</strong> bailey 202, 203<br />

cataphracti 63<br />

Cathar heresy 189<br />

chamfrons 63, 65<br />

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