Online History Resources

[Adrian II]

Who would have thought that your 5000th post would be auf Berlinerisch

Heh, my friend, it is about time you Germans get used to the fact that people love and admire your country again. And Berlin in particular.

But I guess I am starting hijack your thread here...

I couldn't think of a better man to hijack my thread...

[edyzmedieval]

Since we're on the German path, any internet sites about the Holy Roman Empire military organisation?

[The Wizard]

Incredibly in-depth source on the Late Byzantine Empire (after 1204). Covers politics, culture, economy and society. A true gem

http://www1.fhw.gr/chronos/10/en/index.html

[Adrian II]

Incredibly in-depth source on the Late Byzantine Empire (after 1204). Covers politics, culture, economy and society. A true gem

http://www1.fhw.gr/chronos/10/en/index.html

Great, it's in!

Thank you, Brother Baba Ga'on.

[Lord Winter]

A good first contact site for the thirty years war. It covers the basic events and has an excellent map of germeny. http://www.pipeline.com/~cwa/TYWHome.htm

A good summary of war in the 16th and early 17th century. Covers arms tactics and battles. http://www.lepg.org/warfare.htm

[Adrian II]

A good first contact site for the thirty years war. It covers the basic events and has an excellent map of germeny. http://www.pipeline.com/~cwa/TYWHome.htm

A good summary of war in the 16th and early 17th century. Covers arms tactics and battles. http://www.lepg.org/warfare.htm

Thanks

The second one is already up there, brother Destroyer of Hope.

The first one is nice indeed, but I will not refer to it directly. It is part of a list of links provided on this site which I have just incorporated into the sticky.

I am in the midst of an update/reshuffle of the whole thing, so keep those suggestions coming!

[Copperknickers]

Anyone have any good sites for south Asian history in the first millenium?

Also, here is a link to a good site for history.

[YellowMelon]

I don't know why, but I cannot access the first page of this thread...have tried a number of times.

Internet History Sourcebooks

Some contents include:

Primary Documents (translated)
Hagiographies
Maps
List of films
Law Texts

Anyways, for the best primary source archive on the net, go to:

Ancient History
Medieval History Sourcebook
Early Modern

There are also smaller sourcebooks listed at http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/

# Internet African History Sourcebook
# Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
# Internet Global History Sourcebook
# Internet Indian History Sourcebook
# Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
# Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
# Internet History of Science Sourcebook
# Internet Women's History Sourcebook

[TosaInu]

Hello,

The topic is working again. We should move the content over to https://forums.totalwar.org/?q=node/118. That script seems faster in handling lists like this.

It's using about the same bb code, so it's mostly a matter of copy and paste. There are a few exceptions like fontsize, when you use 1, make it 10 or so. Smileys need the full url in img tags.

I'll clean it up a bit and then hand it over to Adrian II.

[Big_John]

thanks Tosa!!!

[Adrian II]

Thank you, brother TosaInu, for your help and your kind clarifications by PM. I trust that this will become a working thread again.

And thank you, ever faithful brother John, for your PM and suggestions.

I'll comb through the links and ad, scrap or restore asap.

[Decker]

I'm not sure if this has been posted before but it's a neat little site. Doesn't have as many battles as I've wished but it is a cool site to look at:
British Battles

[Decker]

This site has a HUGE list of websites covering military history. Tho quite a few of the websites do not work there is a more to choose from. WWI and WWII are mainly covered but there is a wide variety in here for just about everyone.
Military History Websites

[Adrian II]

My responsibility for this sticky was taken over by brother Geoffrey S in July last year. I was very glad to have found such a worthy and enthusiastic sucessor.

Geoffrey S was supposed to be given some key or code that allowed him to access the sticky. Somehow I don't think this happened. I suppose it should still be done if Geoffrey still feels like it - better late than never.

[Pannonian]

Western Front Association

Has a number of articles about lesser known aspects of the war, such as Arthur Solly-Flood and his role in producing training programmes for the British Army. Brief articles, but interesting introductions that catch one's interest.

[G. Septimus]

Ancient History

[Adrian II]

For your informaton, brothers and sisters, this isn't my sticky anymore. Hasn't been since June of 2008 when I handed over the keys to someone else, or rather tried to hand them over. I don't know what went wrong. If someone thinks he or she wants to take over and clean it up, I suppose they should contact TosaInu.

[Pannonian]

Black Boomerang, by Sefton Delmer, head of Britain's black propaganda departmnt in WW2. Also some related articles.

[Pannonian]

Don't know how long it will last, but the whole series of "The First World War", first shown on UK's Channel 4, is available for view here.

[druzhina]

George Gush's Renaissance Warfare - Airfix Magazine Articles and replaced the old .gifs with .jpgs. The download .zip of all 23 parts is now somewhat larger.
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Infantry weapons and organisation
Part 3: infantry missile weapons
Part 4: The artillery
Part 5: Cavalry weapons and organisation
Part 6: Henry VIII's army
Part 7: Irish army of the 16th Century
Part 8: The Universal Soldier
Part 9: Swiss
Part 10: The Turks - Part 1: the Spahis
Part 11: The Turks - Part 2: Janissaries and others
Part 12: The Scots
Part 13: The Polish Army
Part 14: Spanish infantry
Part 15: Spanish Ginetes to Caballos Corazas
Part 16: The French
Part 17: The Imperialists
Part 18: Persians and other easterners
Part 19: The Dutch army
Part 20: The Swedish army
Part 21: The Swedish army (continued)
Part 22: The Muscovites
Part 23: The Muscovites (continued)

. Renaissance Armies: The Burgundian Army of Charles the Bold
. Renaissance Armies: The Italians
. Renaissance Armies: Military Orders
. Renaissance Armies: The_Moghul_Empire
. Renaissance Armies: The English Civil War

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George Gush's Renaissance Warfare - Airfix Magazine Articles

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[Nowake]

I suppose that's one way to make an entrance
Welcome to the .Org druzhina!

[druzhina]

Military Illustrations from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, c.1284

Full Pages from the Cantigas de Santa Maria


Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[druzhina]

Contemporary paintings of Inju vassals of the Ilkhanid Mongols in a Shahnama made in Shiraz in 1341CE.

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Contemporary paintings of Inju vassals of the Ilkhanid Mongols in a Shahnama made in Shiraz in 1341CE.

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[druzhina]

The main primary documentary source for Seljuk dress and armour of the 13th century is the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah


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The main primary documentary source for Seljuk dress and armour of the 13th century is the Romance of Varqa and Gulshah

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[druzhina]

Contemporary paintings of Timurid Soldiers and Turkmen successors

Timurid Soldiers from Baysunghur's Shahnama - 1430


Timurid Soldiers from the Tarih-i Guvayni (Conquest of the World) 1438;

Notes on, and drawings of, Persian cavalry by Ian Heath:
Persian Cavalryman, Early-15th Century
Persian Cavalrymen C.1430
Persian Cavalryman C.1440
Persian Cavalryman, Late-15th Century
Persian Cavalryman C.1495
Persian Musician

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Contemporary paintings of Timurid Soldiers and Turkmen successors

Druzhina
Illustrations of Soldiers

[druzhina]

Italian Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers

A detail of a 9th Century North Italian guard with mail leg armour from:
'Emperor Constantine at the Council of Nicaea', Northern Italy, c.825 AD
10th century Lombards in chainmail hauberk with round shield and spear.
Full image from Exultet Beneventano Ms. Vat. Lat. 9820
Horsemen in The Life of St Alessio in the Church of San Clemente, Rome, Italy, 11th Century
from The Life of St Alessio in the Church of San Clemente, Rome, Italy, 11th Century


Lombard knights in an early 11th Century De rerum naturis
12th century Arabic & Frankish costume in the Painted Wooden Ceiling of the Palatine Chapel
Sicilians & Germans in the Liber ad honorem Augusti {or Carmen de motibus Siculis, (Poem on the Sicilian revolt)} by Pietro da Eboli, c.1197
Guillaume de Durford at Santissima Annunziata Church, Florence, c.1289
A man-at-arms on the late 13th century Seal of the Guild of St George of Ferrara
Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the early 14th Century
Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the mid to late 14th Century
Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the early to mid 15th Century
Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the mid to late 15th Century
A 1506 print of the Battle of Fornovo 1495


Paintings of Italian Soldiers of the early 16th Century
Renaissance Italians by George Gush
The 1859 Italian War-Operations Of War by Luigi Casali.

Larger scale paintings with more detail:

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St. Martin Renounces His Weapons by Simone Martini, 1312-17
A Battle from a Histoire ancienne jusqu'à César, 2nd quarter of the 14th century
Guidoriccio da Fogliano, condottiere, by Simone Martini, 1328
Victory of the Sienese Troops at Val di Chiana in 1363 by Lippo Vanni
The Battle of Clavigo, by Altichiero da Zevio, 1376-79
. Detail of The Battle of Clavigo, by Altichiero da Zevio, 1376-79
St. Benedict discovers the shield bearer of Totila, King of the Goths, attempting to pass himself as the king, by Spinello Aretino, 1387
Soldiers with large shields - mozaic in the Cappella Palatina, Palermo, Sicily
A Naval Battle by Spinello Aretino, Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, 1406-7
The leader of the victorious Florentine condottieri, Niccolo Mauruzi da Tolentino - the rout of Sanromano 1432 by Paolo Uccello
2nd painting from The rout of Sanromano 1432 by Paolo Uccello
3rd painting from The rout of Sanromano 1432 by Paolo Uccello
On The Way To Calvary by Fra Angelico, 1438-1445
Filippo Scolari by Andrea del Castagno, 1455
The condottiere Farinata degli Uberti in a mural by Andrea del Castagno in the refectory in Sant Apollonia In Florence, c1455.
The taking of Pisa - unknown Florentine master of the 1460s: detail of left
The battle of Anghiari - unknown Florentine master of the 1460s
Battle between Heraclius and Chosroes by Piero della Francesca, ca. 1466
Conversion of St. Paul by Luca Signorelli, ca. 1470
Federigo de Montefeltro by Della Francesca c.1470
Fresco in the Chapel of San Fiorenzo by Bastia di Mondovi, 1472
Another fresco in the Chapel of San Fiorenzo by Bastia di Mondovi, 1472
Miracle of St Bernard by Perugino, 1473
The Betrayal - Detail of Last Supper by Cosimo Rosselli, 1481-82, Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
Delivery of the keys by Pietro Perugino, 1481-1483 & detail of soldiers in middle left
Martyrdom of St Ursula by Hans Memling, 1489
Life of St Ursula by Hans Memling 1490-93
The fight between the Bonacotsi and Gonzaga in the Piazza Sordello in Mantua, 1494
St George by Carpaccio, c.1500. The saint is shown as a fully equipped Venetian man-at-arms, though without a helmet
Young Knight in a Landscape, 1510 by Vittore Carpaccio
Portrait Of A Florentine In Armour c.1510 attributed to Francesco Granacci
The siege of Padua 1521 by Niccolò degli Agostini

Drawings and notes based on the above, by Ian Heath:
72 & 73 Italian Infantrymen, 14th Century
77 Italian Man-At-Arms c.1455
78 Italian Pikeman
79 Italian Crossbowman
82 Italian Musician

Druzhina
Illustrations of Italian Costume & Soldiers

[druzhina]

The Legend of Saint Ladislaus of Hungary - Pictures of Hungarian Knights & Cuman Cavalrymen:
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Fresco of the Velka Lomnica (Kakaslomnic) church, Slovakia, around 1317.
. Cuman Mercenary c1300 by Angus McBride from Byzantine Armies 1118-1461 AD by Ian Heath, based on the fresco of the Saint Ladislaus legend in the Velka Lomnica church
. Hungarian Knight, 13th century from Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath, based on the fresco of the Saint Ladislaus legend in the Velka Lomnica church
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Fresco of the Catholic church of Gelence (Ghelinïa), Románia, early 14th century
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Anjou Legendarium, Vatican Library, c.1330
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Fresco of the Türje church, western Hungary, middle of the 14th century
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Church of Maksa, Romania, middle of the 14th century
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Church of Székelydálya (Daia), Transylvania, 14th century
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Képes Krónika, 1360
. Cuman, 12th-13th centuries from Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath, Based on the St. Ladislaus Legend in the Képes Krónika
. Cuman Mercenary 14th Century from Byzantine Armies 1118-1461 AD by Ian Heath, based on the Képes Krónika
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Unitarian Church of Sepsikilyén (Chilieni), Transylvania, second half of the 14th century


The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Unitarian Church of Homoródkarácsonyfalva / Craeciunel / Krötschendorf, Romania, c.14th century
The Saint Ladislaus legend in Andreaskirche, Liptovský Ondrej, Slovakia, 1370-1380
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Church of Rimavska Bana (Rimabánya), Slovakia, after 1375
. Cuman warrior, 13th century by Angus McBride from Mounted Archers of the Steppe 600 BC - AD 1300 by A.Karasulas, based on 'The Saint Ladislaus Legend' in the Church of Rimavska Bana, Slovakia
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Church of Bántornya (Turnišče), Slovenia, 1383
The Saint Ladislaus legend in All Saints' Roman Catholic Church of Bijacovce (Szepesmindszent), Slovakia, the 2nd half of the 14th or 1st quarter of the 15th century
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Fresco of the Tereske church, northern Hungary, turn of the 14th-15th centuries
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Fresco of the Bibarcfalva (Biborteni) church, Romania, early 15th century
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Register of Hungarian Students in Vienna, 1453
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Póniky (Pónik) Roman Catholic Church, Slovakia, c.1478.
The Saint Ladislaus legend in the Chronicle of Johannes de Thurocz (Thuróczy János), 1488

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The Legend of Saint Ladislaus of Hungary - Pictures of Hungarian Knights & Cuman Cavalrymen:

Druzhina
Illustrations of Hungarian Costume & Soldiers

[druzhina]

Urs Graf (born c. 1485 in Solothurn, Switzerland; possibly died before 13 October 1528) was a Swiss Renaissance goldsmith,
painter and printmaker (of woodcuts, etchings and engravings), as well as a mercenary soldier.

Prints of Swiss Soldiers by Urs Graf
including larger pictures of:
Standard Bearer of Schaffhausen
Standard Bearer of Solothurn
Standard Bearer of St Gallen
Standard Bearer of Appenzell
Standard Bearer of Zug
Standard Bearer of Glarus
Standard Bearer of Schwyz
Standard Bearer of Unterwalden
Standard Bearer of Fribourg
Standard Bearer of Basel


War wife with two children. Date: 1508
Richtstätte . Date: 1513
Man with a sundial.
Battle of Marignano Date: 1521
Werbung
Four Fifers. Date: 1523
Mercenary love c.1511
Landsknecht. Date: 1513
Pikeman. Date: 1514
Pikeman (rear). Date: 1514
Standard Bearer. Date: 1514
Consiglio di guerra. Date: 1515
Waffenrock. Date: 1516
Swiss Mercenary and prostitute. Date: 1516
Landsknecht and Devil. Date: 1516.
Ensign with Boy at Wayside Cross. Date: 1516
Standard bearer and prostitute. Date: 1516
Man in coat and creature. Date: 1518
Returning Landsknecht. Date: 1519
Krieger im harnisch. Date: 1519
Bearer of Julius Banner of Zug. Date: 1521
The Bearer of the Banner of the Canton Glarus. Date: 1521
Standard Bearer of Zurich. Date: 1521
Swiss Mercenary. Date: 1523
2 mercenaries & a woman with Death. Date: 1524
Battle of the Lansquenets. Date: 1510-1530

or MIRROR site:
Prints of Swiss Soldiers by Urs Graf

Druzhina
16th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[druzhina]

Between the Ilkhanids and the Timurids came the Jalair or Jalayrids.

Illustrations of Jalayrid Mongols from a late 14th Century Shahnama

Episode from a battle between the Iranians and the Turanians
Isfandiyar fights with the Wolves
King Minuchihr of Iran kills the fleeing Turanians
Isfandiyar fights with the Dragon
Cavalry in a Winter Landscape

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Illustrations of Jalayrid Mongols from a late 14th Century Shahnama

Druzhina
14th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

[druzhina]

19th century prints from:
The Historical Encyclopedia Of Costume by Albert Racinet
19th century antique civilizations:
Oceania
Malays, Papuans, Aborigines
Java, Borneo, Singapore, Philippines
Malaysia, Indonesia
Africa
Senegambia, The Guinea Coast, West Africa, Abyssinia, Southern Africa
Timbuctoo - Crossroads Of Africa
Southern_Africa, Sudan
American Indians
North America – Yutes, Sioux, Iowa
North America – Foxes, Sacs, Kaw, Killimou
South American - Guaranis, Caraibes, Botocudos

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The Historical Encyclopedia Of Costume by Albert Racinet

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers