medieval warfare
Knights and sieges
Medieval warfare refers to military conflict during the Middle Ages, roughly the 5th through 15th centuries in Europe.
The term evokes armored knights, siege warfare, castle fortifications, and battles fought with swords, lances, and longbows.
The book examines medieval warfare and its impact on feudal society.
Modern usage often applies the term disparagingly to brutal or unsophisticated military tactics: The conflict devolved into medieval warfare.
- chainmailArmor of linked rings
- war horseBattle-trained mount or veteran
- crossbowStock-mounted bow mechanism
- knightHonored mounted soldier
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
mounted cavalry · flanking · pitched battle · sword · battering ram · Hundred Years' War · longbow · chivalry · coat of arms · Mongol invasions · Crusades · Holy Land · trebuchet · squire · feudalism · Reconquista · lance · castle
- war gameswargaming, wargame, war games, combat simulations, Age of Empires
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- Middle AgesMiddle Ages, castles, knights, Dark Ages, feudal system
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- Late Medievalfeudal lords, Black Death, knighthood, bubonic plague, plague doctors
medieval warfaremodern warfare
Present-day armed conflict
nuclear warfare · cyber warfare · drone warfare · ancient warfare · space warfare
medieval warfaremechanized warfare
Military conflict using machines
electronic warfare · total war · drone warfare · cyber warfare · nuclear war
medieval warfaredrone strikes
Unmanned aircraft weapon deployment
intercontinental ballistic missiles · aerial bombardment · trench warfare · guerrilla warfare · naval warfare