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The section contains the books that the company uses as references and for research into various aspects of military, social, political, and material culture. Members are not required to read everything, but should be sure to at least read from the following selected works, especially for portrayals. This section is a work in progress. Some of these books are available in our primary bookstore or by hovering over certain book titles. We also have selected material in our International stores: France, Germany, United Kingdom, and Canada. Selected Reading
ResourcesArms & ArmourArms and Armour of the Medieval Knight The Archaeology of Weapons: Arms and Armour from
Prehistory to the Age of Chivalry BurgundianJohn the Fearless by Richard Vaughan, 1978 Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundy, by Richard Vaughan, 1978, 2004 Reprint History of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy by John Foster Kirk, 1864 Charles the Bold by Ruth Putnam, 1978 The Golden Age of Burgundy: The Magnificent Dukes
and Their Courts The Promised Lands : The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530 by Wim Blockmans,1999 Charles the Bold in Italy 1467-1477: Politics and Personnel by Richard Walsh, Liverpool University Press, 2005 Dijon and the Valois Dukes, Oklahoma University Press 1971 In the Shadow of Burgundy: The Court of Guelders in the Late Middle Ages by Gerard Nijsten (Author), Tanis Guest (Translator), 2004 Die Burgunderbuete Florens Deuchler, Verlag Stämpfli & Cie., Bern. 1963 (German not translated) Berne Museum Burgundian Artifact Exhibition catalog 1969, (German not translated) The Memoirs of Philip De Commynes, University of South Carolina (2 Volume Set) Memoires of Jehan de Haynin George Chastelan and the Shaping of Valois Burgundy by Graeme Small England, France, and Burgundy in the 15th Century by C. A. J. Armstrong Chivalry and WarWar and Chivalry by Malcolm Vale War in the Middle Ages by Philippe Contamine Historical Western Martial ArtsFiore di Liberi Primary Source: Getty Manuscript, Novati Manuscript Jeu de la Hache (play of the axe) 15th c Burgundian Manuscript Talhoffers (German not translated) Primary Source 1467 The Martial Arts of Renaissance Europe Anglo, Sydney, Yale University Press, London. 2000.
Wars of the RosesWarwick the Kingmaker by Paul Murray Kendall Richard III by Paul Murray Kendall Wars of the Roses: 145 (Osprey Men-at-Arms Series) EquestrianHorsemanshipBem Cavalgar BNF manuscript fol 99, 102 (primary) Livro da ensinança de bem cavalgar toda sela El-Rey Dom Eduarte Étude d’un traité d’équitation portugais du XVème siècle:Livro da ensinança de bem cavalgar toda sela du roi Dom Duarte by Periera, Carlos-Henriques, (2001) Veterinary, Husbandry, TrainingLibro Della Mascalcia by Jordanus Rufus
di Calabria ((Giordano Ruffo; Giovanni Ruffo) primary/transcription/translation) A rare copy of a veterinary treatise by Giordano Ruffo, stable master at the court of Frederick II, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. First written in 1250, it is considered the starting point for the regeneration of western veterinary practice. Propertees of Medicyn for hors printed by Wynken de Worde, 1496 (British Library) Primary Ordini di cavalcare Federico Grisone, 1555 Italian (primary) — Ordini di cavalcare Federico Grisone, 1592 German (primary, facsimilie) — Ordini di cavalcare Federico Grisone, 1610 translation French (facsimilie) Horse Breeding in the Medieval World by Charles Gladitz, 1997 Saddles and Saddlers: sella, selle, sela, cela, sättelLimoge Saddlers Guild Documents, 1403 (primary) Amiens Saddlers Guild Documents, 1396 (transcription) London & Paris Saddlers Guild Documents, 1396 and 1462 (translation) Medieval Finds from Excavations in London no. 5. The Medieval Horse and its Equipment. HMSO Publication Center, London, 1995; ISBN 0-11-290485-8 Equus Bellator (War Horse)The Medieval Warhorse: From Byzantium to the Crusades by Ann Hyland,1997 (too early) The Warhorse 1250-1600 by Ann Hyland,1998 The Medieval Warhorse by R.H.C. Davis, 1989 The Horse in War Knights and Warhorses by Andrew Ayton Flemish Masters and other Illuminating WorksEarly Flemish Painters Rogier van der Weyden Chronicles of Hainault Hunting and SportHunting Book of Gaston Pheobus The Hound and the Hawk, the Art of Medieval Hunting. Cummins, John, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London. 1988. ISBN 0-297-79459-0 Tournaments. by Barber, Richard. Barker, Juliet, Boydell Press, Woodbridge. 1989. Medieval SoldierThe Medieval Soldier in the Wars of the Roses by Andrew W. Boardman, 1998 The Medieval Soldier's World; 15th Century Campaign
Life Recreated in Color Photographs by Henry V and the Conquest of France (Campaign Series) The Swiss 1300-1500: 94 (Osprey Men-at-Arms Series) German Armies 1300-1500: 166 (Osprey Men-at-Arms Series) The English Long Bowman (Warrior Series No. 11) The Medieval Longbowman Women, Family, and HouseholdMargaret of York Duchess of Burgundy 1446-1503 by Weightman, Christine, St Martins Press, New York. 1989. ISBN 0-7509-0378-3 Legend of Good Women Medieval Prostitution by Jacques Rossiaud, Lydia G. Cochrane (Translator), 1995 Growing Up in Medieval London Uppity Woman of the Middle Ages by Vicki Leon, 1997 (for amusement) Young Adult: Castle (Eyewitness Books) by Christopher Gravett, Geoff Dann (Photographer), 1994 Knight (Eyewitness Books) by Geoff Dann (Photographer), Dann Geoff (Photographer), 1993 Medieval Life (Eyewitness Books) by
Andrew Langley, Geoff Brightling (Photographer), Geoff The World of the Medieval Knight, by Christopher Gravett, Brett Breckon (Illustrator),1996 |
