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Lothian Prize Essay
1884
THE ART OF WAR
IN THE
MIDDLE AGES
Oxford
PRINTED BY HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
THE ART OF WAR
IN THE
MIDDLE AGES
A.D. 378-1515
BY
C. W. C. OMAN, B.A.
FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE
_WITH MAPS AND PLANS_
OXFORD
B. H. BLACKWELL, 50 BROAD STREET
LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN, 26 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1885
[_All rights reserved_]
The Author desires to acknowledge much kind help received in the
revision and correction of this Essay from the Rev. H. B. George, of
New College, and Mr. F. York Powell, of Christ Church.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER I.
THE TRANSITION FROM ROMAN TO MEDIÆVAL FORMS IN WAR (A.D. 378-582).
Disappearance of the Legion.--Constantine’s reorganization.--
The German tribes.--Battle of Adrianople.--Theodosius
accepts its teaching.--Vegetius and the army at the end of
the fourth century.--The Goths and the Huns.--Army of the
Eastern Empire.--Cavalry all-important 3-14