MEDIEVAL WARFARE: Volume 8.3 with the Battle of Vlaardingen

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Theme: The Battle of Vlaardingen

* Overview: In the year 1018 a band of Frisian 'pirates' face-off against the powerful Ottonian Empire. What happens will shock both sides
* Origins of the German Empire - The rise of the Ottonians
* 'Who could doubt that such a powerful army would prevail?' - The Battle of Vlaardingen
* No rabble at Vlaardingen - The Frisian militia system
* Further reading - Books and articles on the Ottonian Empire

Other Articles
* A personal golden age of chivalry - The good duke
* A heavenly assist on the battlefield - The warrior saints
* With helmet, shield, and spear - The millennium warrior
* 'But he bear a basilard' - The dagger in medieval London
* The buried warriors of Poland - Lutomiersk unveiled
* The military ruse as a manifestation of prudence - The virtue of cunning
* Warrior, saint, martyr - Joan of Arc on film