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Arms & Armor Medieval Warfare: A History ed. by Maurice Keen $17.50 / Oxford / 2000 This book is designed for readers who want to take in the often detail-saturated histry of medieval warfare in one glup. From the emergence of the Franks to the widescale introduction of guns, the story details the practice of war, from the banded units of local feudal nobility to the massive operations of state-funded battle. The collection traces advances in arms and armor, such as the shift from chain to plate mail, the deployment of longbow and crossbow, and the careful breeding of battle horses. The Warfare collection also devotes articles to mercenaries, and, surprisingly, to the question of non-combatants. The articles contained in this volume are consistently excellent, with enough anecdote mixed in with the indications of major trends to make it a satisfying and informative read. If it is unable to answer the key question of the impluse to warfare and the almost mystical prestige of battle, it at least offers clear and encapsulated outline of the history of war during the Middle Ages, in which the high ideals of warfare became solidified in the mind of western man. --Duke Shadow

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