How to Raise a Medieval Army 

Support our two man project and check out NordVPN: nordvpn.com/sandrhoman
It's risk free with Nord's 30-day-money-back-guarantee!
Contrary to popular belief, armies in the Middle Ages were not just made up of knights in shining armor who brought along their small retinue of peasants to the battlefield. The reality was that medieval armies were assembled in a variety of ways depending on their purpose and various other factors. This video explains how to raise a medieval army in Europe for an offensive campaign outside one’s own borders.
Patreon (thank you): / sandrhomanhistory
Prints & T-Shirts: sandrhoman.creator-spring.com/
Paypal (thank you: www.paypal.com/paypalme/SandR...
Twitter: / sandrhoman
Chapters:
00:00-00:12 Intro
00:12-02:24 Step 1: Spread the Word
02:24-08:59 Step 2: Vertical Recruitment
08:59-15:16 Step 3: Horizontal Recruitment
15:16-17:23 Step 4: Fill Your Ranks
Bibliography:
In this video we heavily relied on
Rogers, C. J., Soldiers’ Lives Through History. The Middle Ages, Westport 2007.
Reynolds, S., Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted, Oxford 1994.
Halsall, G., Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900, London 2003.
Powers, J. F., A Society Organized for War. The Iberian Municipal Militias in the Central Middle Ages 100-1284, Berkeley 1984.
Macpherson, D. (Ed.), Rotuli Scotiae in Turri Londiniensi et in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi asservati, Vol. 1, London 1814..
Reading list:
Warfare:
Duffy, C., Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660, Vol. 1, 1979. amzn.to/32dvvwM
Devries, K., Douglas, R., Medieval Military Technology, 1992, amzn.to/3IazYoC.
Rogers, C.J., The military revolution debate. Readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, 1995. amzn.to/3geVDMM
Rogers, C.J., Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages, 2006. amzn.to/3j2kQvG
Parker, C., The Cambridge History of Warfare, 2005. amzn.to/32ggn1L
Van Nimwegen, O., The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, 2010. amzn.to/2E3Fc95
Fiction related to the Early modern period:
Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeers amzn.to/2CJVAuu
Alexandre Dumas, 20 Years After amzn.to/32g82Lv
Alexandre Dumas, The Vicomte de Bragelonne amzn.to/2EnIOCB
Markus Heitz, The Dark Lands amzn.to/3ntZgEu
Military Si-Fi recommendations:
Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (Series of 22 books on the Napoleonic Wars), amzn.to/3RZyty0
Dan Abnett, The Founding: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) amzn.to/3vdGxkZ
Dan Abnett, The Lost: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) amzn.to/3osvFvA
Dan Abnett, The Saint A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) amzn.to/3orikUk
Glen Cook, Chronicles of the Black Company (Chronicles of the Black Company Series Book 1) amzn.to/3PVgyGV
Historiography:
Neville Morley, Writing Ancient History 1999. amzn.to/3NCyoNl
Albeit focused on ancient history, it's a brilliant book for anybody who is interested in what history actually is. Is it a story? How does it work in practise? Can writing history be objective? Is it "scientific"? What makes it a proper discipline at university?