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This volume presents twelve studies, written between 2007 and 2023, which examine the conduct of war in Carolingian East Francia and Ottonian Germany from the mid-ninth to the early eleventh century. Grouped thematically rather than by date of publication, the chapters focus on military recruitment and administration, intelligence gathering, the military infrastructure of frontier fortifications, campaign strategy, and the religion of war.
Cumulatively these essays represent an assessment that the long-term military success of the Carolingians and Ottonians was based on an equally successful development of institutions through which rulers mobilized men and resources to undertake a vast number of military operations that were focused largely on the capture and defense of fortifications.
This volume will be of great value to scholars and advanced students interested in the military affairs of pre-modern Europe. In addition, the consistent focus on matters such as source criticism, and the methodological imperative to integrate a wide range of written as well as material sources of information when pursuing questions relating to military history, make these studies essential to those scholars and students intending to pursue questions on a very wide range of matters in periods for which traditional sources of information, such as historical narratives, survive in only limited numbers.
Contents
1. David S. Bachrach, "The Past and Future of Warfare in Early Medieval Germany," previously unpublished.
2. David S. Bachrach, "Immunities as Tools of Royal Military Policy under the Carolingian Kings," Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte, germanistische Abteilung 130 (2013), 1-36, republished with the permission of De Gruyter Press
3. David S. Bachrach, "Ottonian Military Organization c. 900-1018: The Views of Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg," Journal of Military History 72 (2008), 1061-1088, republished with the permission of the Society for Military History.
4. David S. Bachrach, "Civilians and Militia in Ottonian Germany: Warfare in an Era of Small Professional Armies," in Civilians and Warfare in World History, ed. Nicola Foote and Nadya Williams (Routledge Press, London, 2017), 110-131, republished with the permission of Routledge Press.
5. David S. Bachrach, "The Ducal Office in Ottonian Germany from a Military-Administrative Perspective," Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, 3rd Series 16 (2019, appearing 2022), 77-115, republished with the permission of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
6. David S. Bachrach, "Feeding the Host: The Ottonian Royal Fisc in Military Perspective," Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, 3rd Series 9 (2012), 1-43, republished with the permission of the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
7. David S. Bachrach and Bernard S. Bachrach, "Military Intelligence and Long-Term Planning in the Ninth Century: The Carolingians and their Adversaries," Mediavistik 33 (2020), 89-111, republished with the permission of Peter Lang Verlag.
8. David S. Bachrach, "Military Intelligence and Strategic Planning under the Ottonian Kings of Germany, c. 919-c.1024," in Military Cultures and Martial Enterprises in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of Richard P. Abels, ed. John Hosler and Steven Isaac (Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge, 2020), 61-87, reprinted with the permission of Boydell and Brewer Press.
9. David S. Bachrach, "Restructuring the Eastern Frontier: Henry I of Germany 924-936," Journal of Military History 78.1 (2014), 1-27, reprinted with the permission of the Society for Military History.
10. David S. Bachrach, "The Eastern Campaigns of King Henry II of Germany, 1003-1017," Journal of Medieval Military History 17 (2020), 1-36, reprinted with the permission of Boydell and Brewer Press.
11. David S. Bachrach, "Military Chaplains and the Religion of War in Ottonian Germany, 919-1024," Religion, State, and Society 39.1 (2011), 13-31, reprinted with the permission of Routledge Press.
12. David S. Bachrach, "Grand Strategy of the Ottonian Empire," in The Routledge Handbook of Medieval Military Strategy, ed. Daniel P. Franke and John D. Hosler (London, 2024), 32-43, reprinted with the permission of Routledge Press.
