War in the Middle Ages
"This is, quite simply, the best book on medieval European warfare available in any language ...War in the Middle Agesis not only required reading for all medieval or military historians; it is also enjoyable, clear and crisp ... it must rank as the best buy among history books."History Today"The best survey of the period in French or English. This is military history at its finest, relating its subject to society at large. There is much to glean on society and organization for war in a crucial thousand years of European history."International History Review"Philippe Contamine's indispensable survey ... [is] now available in a welcome and clear English translation by Michael Jones... What should be emphasized is how useful it is to have so much information between one pair of covers, and that this information is provided by a careful historian who has here produced both a work of reference and a stimulus to further research."London Review of Books