Historical web sites [Archive]

ShadesWolf

01-21-2003, 23:57

Link to the battle of Crecy on my 100 years war web site

crecy (http://www.100yearswar.co.uk/crecy1346.htm)

BTW there is a very good account on the battle in Bernard Cornwell's HARLEQUIN (The Grail Quest) - ISBN 0-00-651384-0

The story picks up with the battle for the city of Caen and then the march south and finishes with the battle. The book is fiction but the battles are based on historical fact.

Michiel de Ruyter

01-27-2003, 12:21

For Japan and the far East one could arguably say it was at the battle of Nagashino (June 28, 1575). There Oda Nobunaga employed 3000 arquebusiers in his relief force of 30,000 against the forces of Takeda Katsuyori (12,000), who was laying siege to a castle of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The renowned attacks by the Takeda cavalry were stopped cold by Nobunaga's force of arquebusiers, who were waiting behind prepared defenses. Takeda Katsuyori lost up to 80% of his army (10,000 men), and the Takeda were done for a long time...

Page about Japanese history related to battles fought with samurai troops (brilliant site) (http://www.samurai-archives.com/battles.html)

As far as I know, there has not realy been a battle in Europe that stands out as the turning point. It looks more as a gradual process which took place from the beginning of the 16th century (ie. battle of Pavia, 1525) or around that time, to the late 17th century... In the armies of the English Civil war, pikemen still made up a high percentage of both armies IIRC...

Publishers site of decent to good books dealing with battles/campaigns/equipment (http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=P6191~ser=CAM~per=15)

History channel Message Board (http://www.historychannel.com/discuss/index.html). There are also some knowledgable posters on that board....

Teutonic Knight

02-12-2003, 21:13

here ye go enjoy

nice reference...... (http://members.aol.com/dargolyt/TheForge)

ps. click on the fire....

(Medieval Weapons and Armour)

econ21

02-13-2003, 19:04

OK, I'll reply - I found that link before and it is quite interesting, particularly to see the equipment being discussed.

Another good link I found is on the War of the Roses; a little after the MTW period but presumably not a bad insight into warfare in the "late" period:
http://www.medievalfortress.com/books/wor/wor_eng_cont.html

Maybe we should use this thread to post other good links too?

econ21

02-14-2003, 00:30

OK, here's another good link:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/matthaywood/main/Hungarian_Battles.htm

It goes into a lot of detail on various Eastern European armies of the period from a wargamers perspective, but also clearly a bona fide student of medieval warfare. I read it and was frankly very impressed with how historically accurate MTW is.

Wellington

02-16-2003, 23:43

William Marshall (or more accurately Mareschal), Earl of Pembroke and Striguil was actually advisor to 4 English Kings.

Two good articles -

http://www.castlewales.com/marshall.html
http://www.times1190.freeserve.co.uk/william.htm

His family geneology -

http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/Database/D0002/I3476.html

Mentioned in the Magna Carta (1st in the list of names of "noble persons") -

http://www.webmesh.co.uk/magnacarta.htm

Welly

econ21

02-17-2003, 12:05

A couple more links:
http://www.regia.org
These are re-enactors and have some good stuff on Saxon warfare, relevant to the early period of MTW.
A more scholarly source is:
http://www.deremilitari.org
I'd welcome any other people posting threads, although after a week of internet trawling, I'm starting to think I have to start reading books... a revolutionary thought

Rising_General

02-20-2003, 00:00

Hey everyone I found this website and thought I would share it. I found it helpfull . http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/medresource.htm

JS,

Kongamato

03-30-2003, 00:00

I found a site that deals with the teachings of Sun Tzu. It has a forum that features interpretations and discussions on every point of The Art of War. It has some excellent strategic discussions. Check it out

Sonshi (http://www.sonshi.com/)

Leet Eriksson

04-22-2003, 19:57

Hope this helps Click Here (http://www.roman-empire.net/) i always visit this site for info,but i rely mostly on books.

(Roman-Empire.Net)

Basileus

04-24-2003, 09:51

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

http://www.historynet.com/

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

Longshanks

04-27-2003, 21:30

With all the anticipation for Rome:Total War, I thought I'd post links to some good sites dealing with Roman history.

The 1st deals with the life and times of Rome's greatest general, and one of its greatest statesmen. His life is far more interesting than any work of fiction.

Julius Caesar:The Last Dictator (http://heraklia.fws1.com/)

Two sites dealing with the most poweful Army of the ancient world:

The Roman Army (http://www.redrampant.com/)

More on the Roman Army (http://www.roman-empire.net/army/army.html)

Hakonarson

05-01-2003, 04:33

Makes an interesting read. (http://www.romansonline.com/sources/aug/Augustus.asp)

"Deeds of Augustus"

Crandaeolon

05-16-2003, 19:42

A couple of days ago I browsed the 'net for information about armour. Could some knowledgeable history man (Hakonarson comes to mind... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif) take a glance at this site and comment on its credibility?

http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/arms1.htm

deejayvee

05-20-2003, 08:17

Good armouring site:
http://www.arador.com/main/index.html

NagatsukaShumi

07-14-2003, 14:10

http://www.rampantscotland.com/features/battles.htm

JohnCee

07-15-2003, 15:47

try here (http://salc.wsu.edu/fair_f01/FS22/Documents/Ryan/Tattoo%20Page/significance_home_page.htm)

Tattoes

Hakonarson

10-29-2003, 22:31

Hellasnet (http://monolith.dnsalias.org/~marsares/warfare/army/s_hoplit.html) - pretty much anything Greek

Luke Ueda-Sarson (http://www.ne.jp/asahi/luke/ueda-sarson/Luke%27s_1st_page.html) - a friend of mine with a wargaming bent and bucketloads of information on ancient military history including some good academic-style works, wargames scenarios and army lists, and Greek shield patterns.

Regia Anglorium (http://www.regia.org/fyrd1.htm) - things Anglo-Saxon

spmetla

10-29-2003, 23:20

Roman Empire.net (http://www.roman-empire.net/)-Good site on history of rome.

Roman Legions (http://webpages.charter.net/brueggeman/table-of-contents.html)-Posted this in another thread eariler. Lots of information on the Roman Legions.

Balkan Military History (http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/balkandave/frmcon.htm)-Breifly goes over the military history of the balkans.

Fall of Constantinople (http://www.greece.org/Romiosini/fall.html)-Tells of the fall of Constanitnople, done sorta of like a story. Pro Greek

Prehistoric Britain (http://www.britannia.com/history/h20.html)-Fairly good site on prehistoric Britain

Manzikert (http://www.dicksonc.act.edu.au/Showcase/ClioContents/Clio2/manzikert.html)-Storylike telling of Battle of Manzikert, Pro Greek

History of Austria (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/6711/austria.html)-History of Austria, prehistoric to present.

History of Georgia (http://members.tripod.com/ggdavid/georgia/history.htm)-History of Georgia. NOT the state, the country.

ICantSpellDawg

02-07-2004, 19:04

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

thats pretty cool for art

http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.shtml

thats badass for everything

Ithaskar Fëarindel

02-08-2004, 01:25

I'll pin this, when I get a little more time (perhaps when HOF is completely over) I'll start merging it with posts with other links in them too.

Feel free to add more. And to keep adding more.

Jomsvikings (Org Thread) (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=6495)
Roman Army Site (http://www.art-with-attitude.com/village/roman_legion1.html)

Viking Invasions (post by Kurjan) (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=3&t=9302)

Medieval Architecture (thread by Sinan, contributed to by others) (http://www.totalwar.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=9099)

Scipio

02-20-2004, 17:04

Hey I know a great developing site about misc ancient battles; Ancient-Archives.com (http://www.ancient-archives.com)

the site is made by.... MOI http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

The Wizard

02-20-2004, 17:07

How about this one:

All Empires (http://www.allempires.com)

Great site about Persia, from the Elamites to ayatollah Khomeini:

History of Persia (http://www.iranchamber.com/history/historic_periods.php)

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-yes.gif

~Wiz

Scipio

02-20-2004, 17:39

Iran community site eh... Ive got a couple of good friends who would like to see their history

Tricky Lady

04-10-2004, 15:00

www.rickard.karoo.net/battleframe.html (http://www.rickard.karoo.net/battleframe.html) - list of historical battles + a description

Scipio

05-18-2004, 20:34

Ancient Archives (http://www.ancient-archives.com), a great history site thats just starting out, but I believe will develop nicely. Also it has 3 battle write ups and Roman Weapons and Armour http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

ROCKHAMMER

05-19-2004, 17:52

Here are 2 really great sites. The first is a Samurai site and the 2nd is a Medieval History site covering a whole plethora of different topics. Enjoy

SAMURAI ARCHIVES (http://www.samurai-archives.com/)

ODINS CASTLE (http://www.odinscastle.org/)

Try them now. Sorry http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-oops.gif

Tricky Lady

05-22-2004, 14:13

Quote[/b] (ROCKHAMMER @ May 19 2004,18:52)]Samurai Archives (www.samurai-archives.com)

Odins Castle (www.odinscastle.org)
I get "Telefragged" when I try these links. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/flat.gif

EDIT: Comment not valid anymore. Links are updated.
Great sites BTW, Rockhammer http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-thumbsup.gif

The Wizard

05-22-2004, 15:22

Yes, the problem is you seem to put their links into the Guild's link. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-wall.gif

ROCKHAMMER

06-15-2004, 17:55

The problem has been corrected. Sorry for the inconvenience and the delay in getting the links fixed. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-oops.gif

cutepuppy

06-17-2004, 22:10

Some websites:
hungarian warfare: http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/thou/thou02.htm
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/matthaywood/main/Hungarian_Composition.htm
http://www.hungarian-history.hu/lib/warso/warso01.htm
medieval russian armies: http://www.inisfail.com/~ancients/the-rus.html and http://www.strangelove.net/~kieser/Russia/armor.html
byzantine armies: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisa....hy.html (http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/chiliarchy/chiliarchy.html)
mamluk vs. mongols: http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~fisher....ss.html (http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~fisher/hst372/readings/amitai-preiss.html)
battle of Tannenberg: http://grognard.com/zines/ph/p0304.html

ShadesWolf

06-20-2004, 09:04

Good general site on British history

TIMEREF.COM (http://www.timeref.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm)

Hetman

07-16-2004, 09:42

link to a very good page about polish military in the XVth, XVIth and XVIIth century

- http://www.jasinski.co.uk/wojna/index.htm

link to interesting page about danish, swedish and russian armies in the 17th and 18th centuries.

- http://www.megalink.net/~dschorr/

link to croatian page about varius armies ( many pictures)

- http://pubwww.srce.hr/husar/

Hetman https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-book2.gif

Tricky Lady

09-05-2004, 11:20

A web site spotted on the net by Ldvs:

www.unrv.com (http://www.unrv.com/)

Lots of info about the Roman Empire.
:bow:

Scipio

09-05-2004, 11:41

Woah noticed both the links I shamelessly put in here are wrong, here it is, one more time ~;p Ancient-Archives.com (http://www.ancient-archives.com)

ROCKHAMMER

09-14-2004, 18:23

Here is a good site for fans of the Vikings and there style of warfare.

Scandinavian & Viking Warfare (http://www.deremilitari.org/RESOURCES/CATEGORIES/scandinavianwarfare.htm)

Here is an excellent site on the Battle of Hastings.

Hastings 1066 (http://www.battle1066.com/)

Here is a rather basic but well informed and detailed site on the Vikings.

The Vikings (http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/vikings.htm)

Hope you like and enjoy these. ~:wave:

Blodrast

10-18-2004, 23:34

not as much history as historical MAPS, and lots of them, excellent quality too. Check 'em out, it looks like there's not one relevant period of history that isn't covered.

University of Texas Library:
here (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html)
Enjoy.

Edit: oh yeah, be sure not to miss the History atlas link on the same page:
Historical Atlas by Shepherd (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_shepherd_1923.html)

There are _tons_ of maps of ancient Greece and Rome, among other things, great resources if you wanna see what things looked like about the time that RTW is taking place ;)

Gregorius0202

01-03-2005, 03:02

Well, considering the fact that I have a lot of history links that don't cover Total War games, I'll make this easier...

IF, you want to see Links for top-notch Reeactment societies, as well as some great forums, and in the near future, long lists of excellent armorer and arms vendor sites, I'd be pleased to offer the available resources from my site's link page:

www.bronze-warrior.com/links.html

Also, all of the reenactment groups listed there have good links pages, in particular those of Matthew Amt's creation!

-Gregory-

Strategy

01-12-2005, 11:43

The on-line bibliography of ancient Hellenistic/Roman literature, as well as literature about the era:
Hellenistic/Roman Bibliography (http://www.fenrir.dk/history/database)

Also the general historical website:
History of the Hellenistic and Roman World (http://www.fenrir.dk/history/)

Currently contains timeline 300 BC - 1 AD, and biographies of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus and Gaius Julius Caesar.

The Wizard

01-12-2005, 20:52