Battles of the Medieval World: 1000 - 1500

Battles of the Medieval World introduces 20 key battles from Europe and the Near East in an age when traditional chivalric codes gave way to increasing professionalism in armies.

Beginning with the battle of Hastings (1066), where William of Normandy's cavalry successfully defeated Harold's Saxon forces, and finishing with the siege and capture of Constantinople (1453) by Sultan Mehmed II's Turkish army, examples of every type of Medieval warfare are featured.

The battles include massed cavalry encounters, such as Bouvines (1214) and Leignitz (1241), the employment of the devastatingly effective longbow at Cr