Medieval
Brittany versus the Frankish empire 845–867
Charles the Bald attacked Brittany many times, always lost, always conceded territory. Border disputes between Brittany and the Franks had erupted into open warfare in 845, when Nominoe, the Breton ruler, died in March 851 and Charles invaded Brittany. His force included Saxon infantry. He was met by Nominoe’s son Erispoe by the River Vilaine near Redon. Charles was defeated.…
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DROMON
The standard Byzantine warship that employed both sails and oars. A typical 10th-century dromon had two banks of oars employing 200 rowers, in addition to a battering ram on the prow, and enough heavily armored marines to board an enemy ship if necessary. In other words, it looked and acted…
TRAITTÉ DE LA CONSTRUCTION DES GALÈRES – BLUEPRINT
The original drawings of this galley are from Traitté de la construction des galères a French book written in 1691, although the drawings you hold in this product are completely original. For more information about the galley you can consult the wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Galley). Below you can find a brief…
THE MEDITERRANEAN
Genoese Dromone 11th Century Genoese Trader 12th Century The trajectory of naval warfare in the Mediterranean had some similarities with that in the north: a power vacuum at the start of our period, in which new contenders arose and disputed mastery of the sea. By C.1100 the naval war against…
THE WHITE SHIP
Appearance of the Cog (which is probably what the White Ship was an early example of) in the beginning of the XII Century was an important milestone in shipbuilding. Crusaders used them for their marches to the Holy Land, merchants of the Hanza union transported goods from Palestine and…
Shipbuilding Northern Europe
A Check-List Of The Currently Known Shipbuilding Details Of The Varied Traditions Of Planked Vessel Construction Likely To Be Seen In The Channel And North Sea In The Early Medieval Period Key features of Anglo-Saxon planked construction Vessels were built around a central back bone timber or keel, with overlapping…
Late Roman – Patrician Roman Warships 400-550
This is from HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE SHIP – LECTURE NOTES, Undergraduate Teaching Materials originally compiled by John Illsley, former Lecturer in Medieval History, School of History and Welsh History University of Wales, Bangor “The Roman trireme, together with the Liburnian, dominated the Mediterranean until the last stages of…