The Practical Use of Vegetius’ De Re Militari During the Early Middle Ages

Bachrach, Bernard S.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.1985.tb00661.x

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“…ex., através do desenvolvimento da escola catedral de Angers). Isto apesar de Foulque não ser apresentado como um estudioso de livros, a exemplo do seu contemporâneo Guilherme da Aquitânia, elogiado por Ademar de Chabannes por levar consigo livros 128 Vide Bachrach (1985Bachrach ( /2002. 129 Vide Bachrach (1985Bachrach ( /2002).…”

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“…Isto apesar de Foulque não ser apresentado como um estudioso de livros, a exemplo do seu contemporâneo Guilherme da Aquitânia, elogiado por Ademar de Chabannes por levar consigo livros 128 Vide Bachrach (1985Bachrach ( /2002. 129 Vide Bachrach (1985Bachrach ( /2002). 130 A "prudência" de Foulque é registada por Richer, evitando batalha em con dições adversas ou recorrendo a subornos e a promessas para tal.…”

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“…Ademar de Chabannes refere-se à "manha" de Foulque, enquanto a Gesta Consulum também o acha um "vir prudens". Quanto a Raoul Glaber, considera Foulque um homem muito cauteloso, ao passo que a Gesta Ambaziensium Dominorum o descreve como "engenhoso" (Bachrach, 1985(Bachrach, /2002. em campanha, à maneira dos grandes imperadores do passado (ao que parece, Foulque estava demasiado ocupado com os seus projectos militares para ter um interesse literário activo) 131 .…”

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“…Sobre este assunto, vide também García Fitz (1998:311).19 VideContamine (1986:353-355).20 VideBachrach (1985Bachrach ( /2002.…”

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Vegécio e a prática militar medieval: influência real e condicionalismos

Monteiro¹

2009

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“…(25) In this context it is important to note that Vegetius's De re Militari was known in England at least as early as the time of Bede (d. 735), and a copy of Vegetius's work was available to the Angevins very early in the history of this comital house. (26) The major wars of the period 950-1200, which Bradbury sees largely in terms of castle warfare, were, in fact, focussed upon the old Roman cities and lesser fortifications of imperial origin. Although, for example, Bradbury gives a great deal of attention to Geoffrey Plantagenet's siege of Montreuil Bellay ca.…”

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Medieval Siege Warfare: A Reconnaissance

Bachrach

1994

The Journal of Military History

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Historians writing during the later nineteenth and the twentieth centuries unambiguously recognized the importance, indeed the central role, played by siege warfare in European military history during the Middle Ages, i.e., from the dissolution of the Roman empire in the West at least until the emergence of high quality gunpowder weapons. Thus, for example, Hans Delbruck observed: "Throughout the entire Middle Ages we find…the exploitation of the defensive in fortified places."(1) Charles Oman, Delbruck's contemporary, took much the same position. (2) Recognition of the importance of siege warfare, however, did not lead historians to the obvious conclusion that the subject merited intensive study as an essential aspect, if not the essential aspect, of medieval military history, and as a key to our understanding of the Middle Ages. Indeed, Henry Guerlac observed in 1943: "nothing is more conspicuously lacking in the field of military studies than a well-illustrated history of the arts of fortification and siegecraft."(3) Yet, only two years later Ferdinand Lot wrote in the introduction to his classic study, L'Art militaire et les armees au moyen age et dans le proche orient: "il laisse de cote une parti essentielle du sujet, la Guerre de sieges, qui a joue un si grand role dans les siecles qu'on a passes en revue."(4) In 1980, Philippe Contamine noted: "In its most usual form medieval warfare was made up of a succession of sieges accompanied by skirmishes and devastation." Indeed, Contamine goes so far as to suggest that medieval warfare was dominated by "fear of the pitched battle" and a "siege mentality." Like Lot, Contamine did not provide a major change of focus.(5) The failure of military historians to pursue the study of medieval siege warfare can be rather simply, if not simplistically, explained as a result of "presentism." During the later nineteenth century and throughout much of the twentieth, military planners cleaved to the doctrine which is often styled "the strategy of overthrow." This emphasized "the importance of battle to such a degree that they regarded it as the only important act in war."(6) Indeed, those historians who wrote medieval military history, whether professional scholars or amateurs, not only would appear to have adhered to this doctrine but regarded any other way of conducting warfare as ostensibly unworthy of study.(7) Thus, when scholars such as Delbruck, Oman, and Lot wrote medieval military history they looked for battles to study. Even more importantly, they focused attention upon the so-called "knights" or "heavily armed cavalry." This element in society putatively dominated the battlefield, and thus they are also thought to have dominated medieval warfare with the shock of their mounted charge. This model is still regarded as the "key" to understanding the military history of the Middle Ages.(8)

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Rhetoric and morale: a study of battle orations from the central middle ages

Bliese¹

1989

Journal of Medieval History

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The Practical Use of Vegetius’ De Re Militari During the Early Middle Ages

Cited by 11 publications

References 5 publications

Vegécio e a prática militar medieval: influência real e condicionalismos

Vegécio e a prática militar medieval: influência real e condicionalismos

Medieval Siege Warfare: A Reconnaissance

Rhetoric and morale: a study of battle orations from the central middle ages

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