A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE
The Battle of Adrianople (378 CE) marked the dominance of heavy cavalry over infantry, signalling the decline of the Western Roman Empire and the rise of feudalism. Nobles, in exchange for land, provided knights who became Europe’s primary military force, clad in increasingly advanced armour. Beyond Europe, the Mongols relied on disciplined light cavalry, while the Islamic Caliphates combined light and heavy cavalry with trained infantry. China pioneered gunpowder weapons.
Castles and fortified cities shaped siege warfare, leading to increased use of artillery. By the late Medieval period, longbows, pikes, and firearms challenged knights’ battlefield dominance, ushering in military innovations that paved the way for the Early Modern era of warfare.
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Armies, Allies and Enemies of The Khmer Empire Volume 2
Allies, Subjects and Enemies of the Khmer Empire
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #14
284 pages 167 b/w photos & illustrations, 8 colour plates, 8 colour maps, 5 tables
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The Founding of the Swiss Military System, 1300-1400
The Battles of Morgarten, Laupen, Sempach, and Näfels
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #12
120 pages 35 b/w illustrations, 7 b/w photos, 5 b/w maps
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French Compagnies d'Ordonnance, 1374-1480
The birth of French standing military units
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #11
226 pages 54 b/w illustrations, 1 b/w photo, 12 colour plates, 3 b/w maps, 1 table
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The Battle of Anghiari, 29 June, 1440
The Battle for the Control of Tuscany in Fifteenth Century Italy
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #10
224 pages 12 colour plates, 87 b/w illustrations, 11 b/w photos, 5 b/w maps, 3 tables
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English Armies in France during the Hundred Years' War, 1337-1453
'a very bellicose people...'
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #9
170 pages 2 colour photos, 10 colour plates, 7 colour illustrations, 6 colour maps, 25 b/w photos, 1 b/w diagram, 2 tables
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Armies, Allies and Enemies of The Khmer Empire Volume 1
The Khmer Empire and its Army 802-1430 CE
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #8
252 pages 8 colour plates, 1 colour diagram, 180 b/w photos, 13 b/w illustrations, 2 colour maps, 1 b/w map, 1 table
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English Military Ordinances 1385-1599
Discipline and Control in English Royal Armies from Richard II to Elizabeth I
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #7
264 pages 22 b/w illustrations, 16 b/w maps
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The Fall of Moorish Seville 1023-1091
The Creation and Destruction of a Hispanic-Muslim Kingdom in the 11th Century
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #6
204 pages 75 b/w photos, 22 b/w illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 7 b/w maps
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The Gaelic World at War
Soldiers & Soldiering in Ireland 1366-1547
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #5
144 pages 43 b/w illustrations & photos, 17 colour illustrations & photos, 1 b/w map
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Birth of the Byzantine Army 476-641 CE Volume 2
Watch them Fight!
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #4
322 pages 40 b/w illustrations, 8 colour plates 8 b/w maps, 6 tables
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Birth of the Byzantine Army 476-641 CE Volume 1
Still Late Roman?
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #3
300 pages 17 b/w illustrations, 6 b/w photos, 8 colour illustrations, 5 b/w maps, 11 tables
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The Scroll of Obadiah
The Life of a Norman Convert to Judaism in the First Crusade
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #2
144 pages 2 b/w photos, 2 colour photos, 2 b/w maps
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Fall of the Merchant-Farmer Republic
The Battle of Visby 1361 and the Danish Conquest of Gotland
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE #1
206 pages 32 b/w illustrations, 108 b/w photos, 10pp colour illustrations, 6 b/w maps, 4 tables
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Caravaggio 1448
The siege, the battles, the heraldry
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE
192 pages 30-40 b/w illustrations, 3-4 b/w photos, 8 colour illustrations, 6-7 b/w maps
Not yet published - in Autumn 2026 list
The Hundred Years War, The Lancastrian Years
From Triumph to Defeat, 1399-1453
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE
264 pages 10 b/w photos, 40 colour photos, 15 b/w maps
Not yet published - in Autumn 2026 list
The Timurid Wars Volume 1
Warfare in Post-Mongolian Central Asia and the Establishment of the Timurid Empire, 1340-1470
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE
464 pages 20 b/w illustrations, 44 b/w photos, 12 colour illustrations, 12 colour photos, 8 colour profiles, 6 b/w maps, 2 colour
Not yet published - in Autumn 2026 list
Under the Burning Sun
The Battle of Hattin 1187 and the End of Crusader Jerusalem
A Time of Knights 400 CE to 1453 CE
176 pages 30 b/w illustrations, 30 b/w photos, 10 colour illustrations, 50 colour photos, 2 b/w maps, 2 colour maps, 10 figures
Not yet published - in Autumn 2026 list
