The Medieval Warfare Blog

This is the official blog for De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History. We are an academic association representing scholars interested in warfare during the Middle Ages. Our blog will be used to let readers know about updates to our website (www.deremilitari.org) and any news about medieval history and society.

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Kalamazoo 2007

The schedule for the 42nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, taking place May 10–13, 2007, is now available. Click here to read the entire schedule. The De Re Militari sessions begin on Friday, and continue all day Saturday.

Session 318: De Re Militari Annual Session: A Roundtable

The roundtable discussion will include John France, Kelly DeVries, Richard Abels and Timothy Feist.

Where: Valley III, 302
When: Friday, May 11, 3:30

Session 402: Medieval Military Technology and Artefacts

The German Slat Shield: Just Another Piece of Military Equipment or the Billboard of Badness? Shield Symbolism in the Dark Ages, by Vincent Farone

Come and See: The Evolutionary Arms and Armor of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, by Sara Louise Howells

Iberian Crossbows, by J. Patrick Hughes

Cultural Activities of the Teutonic Knights’ Military Order: The Sculptures of Schreinmadonnen, by Irene Gonzalez Hernando

Where: Fetzer 1055
When: Saturday, May 12, 10:00 am

Session 488: Warfare in the Earlier Middle Ages

The Historical Context of Annales Bertiniani” on Resistance to the Vikings between the Seine and the Loire, by Carroll Gillmor

Louis VII’s Military Career in the West, by John D. Hosler

Helgastaðir, 1220: A Battle of No Significance?, by Oren Falk

Where: Bernhard 157
When: Saturday, May 12, 1:30 pm

Session 532: Warfare in the Later Middle Ages

How to Invade Iraq: the Mongol Way, by Peter Michael Konieczny

“A Voyage, or Rather an Expedition to Portugal:” Edmund of Langley’s Navy and His Journey to Iberia, 1381, by Douglas L. Biggs

Non-Noble Deeds of Arms in the Late Middle Ages, by Steven Muhlberger

Where: Schneider 1145
When: Saturday, May 12, 3:30 pm

The De Re Militari Business Meeting will be at 12:00, Saturday May 12, at Bernhard 157. Those attending the congress might also be interested in a few other sessions, including:

Session 579: The Far-Ranging Effects of Medieval War: Captains, Crusaders and Aristocratic Families

Session 571: Reading between the Threads: New Research on the Bayeux Tapestry

Sessions 409, 463, 529: Cruades I, II, III

Sessions 263, 323: The Trial of the Templars I, II

Session 13: Gender and Sexuality in the Context of the Crusades

Session 40: The Vikings in Late Anglo-Saxon England

Session 61: The Nine-Hundredth Annivesary of Bohemund's Crusade of 1107

Session 162: Medieval Western Martial Arts: Pedagogy and Practice: A Demonstration

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