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 Wax Bullets in Modern Combat

Designed for low-cost training, these rounds have always been in the background of Police and Military use.

Aug 23, 2009 – Christopher Eger

Frankish And Carolingian Cavalrymen

Over the course of the Dark Ages, the warriors of the Frankish Kingdoms developed a martial class of armored cavalrymen. These were the prototypes for medieval knights.

Aug 14, 2009 – Nate Breidenbaugh

Weapons That Empowered The Medieval Infantryman

During the High Middle Ages, new weapons gave the infantryman, who had been overshadowed by mounted noble knights, renewed fighting strength, and thus greater importance.

Jun 12, 2009 – Nate Breidenbaugh

English Battle Tactics in the High Middle Ages

From the 1290s onward, the armies of England began to use new military tactics which revolved around massed archery, defensive deployment, and dismounting their warriors.

Apr 28, 2009 – Nate Breidenbaugh

The Sword Brothers

Starting at the end of the twelfth century, a series of crusades were waged in the lands to the east of the Baltic sea.

Mar 26, 2009 – Grant Sebastian Nell

Cavalry Tactics The Caracole

The mounted caracole was a cavalry formation and battle tactic that was in widespread use through the latter part of the sixteenth century in Europe.

Feb 14, 2009 – Robert Marcell

The Crusades: The Council of Clermont

The Council of Clermont was a mixed synod, or council, of church officials and high ranking Catholic laity in November, 1095 in Clermont, France.

Feb 13, 2009 – Terry Long

The Origins of the Crusades

The origins of the Crusades in general and the First Crusade in particular have been widely debated by scholars and historians.

Feb 4, 2009 – Terry Long

Struggle from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance

Although songs and writings depicted romantic stories surrounding castles, actually, greed and desire for power fueled the Crusades and a quest for more wealth.

Jul 19, 2008 – Susan M. Andrus

Saladin Moslem Military Hero

Saladin united the Middle East and fought two separate armies of crusaders. He is seen as a great military leader by both the east and the west.

Feb 15, 2007 – Christopher Eger

The Renaissance swords in battle

Emerging from the huge cumbersome swords of the middle ages, the slender and sleek rapier became a status symbol and gave birth to the martial art of fencing

Sep 10, 2006 – Christopher Eger

The Long sword or Two handed sword

Growing from the knights sword of the early middle ages, these huge monster blades were king of the Western European battlefields for two hundred years

Sep 6, 2006 – Christopher Eger

The Spatha and the Knightsword

Growing from the Roman Gladius, these swords became the legendary blades of the middle ages that lasted in combat in one form or another for over a thousand years.

Sep 4, 2006 – Christopher Eger

The Pike as a Weapon in History

From the 1300s to as late as the 20th Century the Pike was a simple concept that revolutionized tactics and maneuver warfare.

Aug 11, 2006 – Christopher Eger

Landsknechts Colorful mercenaries

In the high Renaissance in Europe (c.e.1500-1600) Landsknechts, were the highest paid mercenary troops of the time. Their ranks included pikemen, swordemen, and gunners

Jul 11, 2006 – Christopher Eger

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