Medieval Military Technology

Sponsoring Organization(s)

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History

Organizer Name

Valerie Eads

Organizer Affiliation

School of Visual Arts

Presider Name

Jay Roberts

Presider Affiliation

Accelerated Schools of Overland Park

Paper Title 1

The Implications of Thom Richardson's The Tower Armoury in the Fourteenth Century for the Study of Military Technology

Presenter 1 Name

Kelly DeVries

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Loyola Univ. Maryland

Paper Title 2

War Rides a Red Horse: Changes in the Scale of Western European Warfare in the Late Medieval Period

Presenter 2 Name

John Lovett

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Texas Christian Univ.

Paper Title 3

Full Iron Horses: The First Fifteenth-Century Metal Bards

Presenter 3 Name

Marina Viallon

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Paper Title 4

Spain's Thirteenth-Century Law Code and (Incidental) Military Treatise, the Siete Partidas

Presenter 4 Name

L. J. Andrew Villalon

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Start Date

13-5-2017 3:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 210

Description

Papers dealing with aspects of medieval military technology, broadly defined, as application of modern technology to medieval warfare. Topics include, armor, barding, equine armor, computer technology, legal sources, Siete Partidas, England, Spain, Italy, 14th century, 15th century.

Valerie Eads