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Abels, Richard Philip & Bachrach, Bernard S., eds. The Normans and Their Adversaries: Essays in Memory of C. Warren Hollister. Warfare in History Series, # 12. Rochester: Boydell & Brewer, 2001, 232 pp. Festschrift for Hollister; essays, e.g., Harold as Warlord.
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middle ages (400-1399), Anglo-French, France , historian, history, historical
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Abels, Richard Philip. Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Early England. The Medieval World Series. London: Longman, 1998, xvii, 373 pp. Occasion of 1100th anniversary of death; analysis; focused on "warlord"; some naval aspects.
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personality, prominent leader, noted person , middle ages (400-1399), King Alfred
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Abels, Richard Philip. "Leadership and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England." Ph.D diss, Columbia, 1982. (DAI, June 1984).***
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middle ages (400-1399), recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service, anglo-saxon
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Abels, Richard Philip. Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. Berkeley: California UP, 1988, xii, 313 pp. Anglo-Saxon Fyrd, actually, landfryd & scypfyrd, a type of tenure for defense of the realm.*****
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anglo-saxon, middle ages (400-1399), recruitment, recruit, recruiting, conscription, conscript, draft, mandatory service
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Abulafia, David, ed. The Mediterranean in History. London: Thames & Hudson; Los Angeles: Paul Getty Museum, 2003, 320 pp. Large folio, over 300 illustrations; 8 essays, some cited; sea power, maritime empires, e.g., Venetian, Genoese, Ottoman, French, British, Italian & Arabian, trade, war from the earliest times; praise for Fernand Braudel.
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expansion; exploration; Mediterranean Sea; Middle Ages (400-1399); sea power; venice arsenal;
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expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , middle ages (400-1399), sea power, venice arsenal
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Abulafia, David. The Western Mediterranean Kingdoms, 1200-1500: The Struggle for Dominion. Medieval World Series. London: Longman, 1997, xix, 300 pp.
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expansion; Mediterranean Sea; Middle Ages (400-1399); sea power;
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expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , sea power, middle ages (400-1399)
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Aczel, Amir D. The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World. New York: Harcourt, 2001, xvii, 178 pp. Magnetic compass, "the most important technological invention since the wheel"; originally from China; first noted in Europe, 1187; stimulated great age of exploration.
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exploration; Middle Ages (400-1399); navigation; technology;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , middle ages (400-1399), navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Adam, Paul. "Navigation primitive et navigation astronomique." See F. Fernandez-Armesto, European Opportunity, pp. 23-42.
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exploration; Middle Ages (400-1399); navigation; technology;
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exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, middle ages (400-1399), technology, advance, modernization, modernisation
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Adams, Jonathan & Black, Jennifer. "From Rescue to Research: Medieval Ship Finds in St. Peter Port, Guernsey." IJ Nau Res, 33 (2004): 230-52.
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English Channel; Middle Ages (400-1399); nautical archaeology; port; wreck;
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English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , wreck, shipwreck, nautical archaeology , middle ages (400-1399)
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Addington, Larry H. The Patterns of War through the Eighteenth Century. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1990, xii, 161 pp. Dedication: Theodore Ropp; "prequel"; from ancient to neoclassical for naval & land warfare; England's rise to naval supremacy; overseas expansion.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); expansion; general history; imperialism; Middle Ages (400-1399); strategy;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), middle ages (400-1399), general history, general survey, survey, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , strategy, strategic
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Agius, Dionisius A. Classic Ships of Islam: From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean. Leiden: Brill, 2007, xix, 505 pp. 3 related volumes.
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coastal vessel; Indian Ocean; Middle Ages (400-1399); Middle East; nautical archaeology; ship;
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coastal vessel, monitor, ferry , middle ages (400-1399), Middle East, Indian Ocean, ship, boat, vessel, nautical archaeology, wreck, archaeology, artefact, artifact, study report
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Al Mayman, Al Jouharah B.S.B. "Richard the Lion Heart and Salah Ad-Din Al-Ayyubi: A Historical Comparative Study." Ph.D. diss, Florida State, 1993, 267 pp. Under Paul Strait; (DAI 54-08, p. 3162).
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battles; Mediterranean Sea; Middle Ages (400-1399); religion;
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middle ages (400-1399), Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , battles, religion, chaplain, chapel
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Alban, J.R. "English Coastal Defence: Some Fourteenth-Century Modifications with the System." See R. Griffith, Patronage, the Crown and the Provinces, 1981.
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English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, middle ages (400-1399)
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Alban, J.R. "National Defence in England, 1337-1389." Ph.D. diss, Liverpool, 1976. (ASLIB 28-585).
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English Channel; Imperial Defence; Middle Ages (400-1399); port;
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English Channel, Imperial Defence, fortification , middle ages (400-1399), port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot
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Alcock, Leslie, Economy, Society, and Warfare among the Britons and Saxons. Cardiff: Wales UP, 1987, x, 343 pp. Folio.
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anglo-saxon, middle ages (400-1399), Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence
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Alcock, Leslie. The Neighbors of the Picts: Angles, Britons and Scots at War and at Home. Rosemarkie: Groam House Museum, 1993, 48 pp.
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Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, invasion, armada, landing , middle ages (400-1399)
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Alexander, A.F.O. "The War with France in 1377." Ph.D diss, London, 1934.
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Anglo-French, France , battles, middle ages (400-1399)
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Alexander, D., Neighbour, T. & Oram, R. "Glorious Victory?: The Battle of Largs, 2 October 1263." History Scotland, 2 (2002): 17-22.
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Anglo-Scot, Scotland, Scottish, battles, middle ages (400-1399), galley, oared ship, oared vessel, trireme
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Allard, W.A. "Alfred: The Danes, 897." See E Grove, Great Battles of the Royal Navy, pp. 17-22.
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battles, invasion, armada, landing , middle ages (400-1399), Viking, Norse, Norseman, Northman
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Allen, John Logan, Dasch, E. Julius & Gough, Barry M., eds. Explorers: From Ancient Times to the Space Age. 3 vols. New York: Macmillan; London: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
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age of sail; age of steam; Ancient (100 B.C. - 499 A.D.); expansion; exploration; general history; leadership; Middle Ages (400-1399); personality; voyage;
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age of sail, age of steam, ancient (100 b.c. - 499 a.d.), general history, general survey, survey, leadership, leader, command, commander in chief , expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , personality, prominent leader, noted person , voyage, middle ages (400-1399)
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |