Volume 5 of the series A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE. It has long been customary for historians to dismiss medieval Irish and Scottish soldiers as outdated and poorly equipped. From the time of the Statutes of Kilkenny to the death of Henry VIII, The Gaelic World at War challenges these assumptions head-on by examining the methods of military organisation, training, armament and tactics of late medieval Irish leaders. Gaelic military leaders were not as isolated from the European mainstream as has often been assumed. Irish and Scottish soldiers may have been better trained, selected and equipped than previously thought. The Gaelic armies embraced many of the trends in Western Europe. Rather than being backward and isolated, the Gaelic armies recognised that the world around them was changing and that they needed to keep pace with those changes. The Gaelic World at War draws on a wide range of sources and will appeal to re-enactors, modellers and academics, as it offers a new perspective on the soldiers of late medieval Ireland.
Author
Cannan-Braniff, Fergus
Title
The Gaelic World at War
Details
English text, paperback, 43 bw- and 17 colour illustrations, 1 map. 126 pages.
