Armies of the Dark Ages

Armies of the Dark Ages spans the period from 600 AD to 1066 and describes Byzantine Sub-Roman Pictish Irish Visigothic Lombard Merovingian Carolingian Ottonian Viking Russian Slav Avar Khazar Magyar Bulgar Pecheneg Ghuzz Alan Armenian Sassanid Arab Andalusian Near Eastern Saxon Norman Italian and Spanish armies. It examines tactics and strategy organisation and formations as well as providing a detailed guide to the dress and equipment of the armies of the period. Comprehensive illustrations complement the text and the result is a wealth of information for anyone interested in the warfare of the time. Long out of print the book has been a source of inspiration to wargamers and academic historians alike. It is reprinted here in its complete 1980 second edition with an updated bibliography.