How to Raise a Medieval Army

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Support our two man project and check out NordVPN: https://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: https://sandrhoman.creator-spring.com/ Paypal (thank you: https://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. https://amzn.to/32dvvwM Devries, K., Douglas, R., Medieval Military Technology, 1992, https://amzn.to/3IazYoC. Rogers, C.J., The military revolution debate. Readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, 1995. https://amzn.to/3geVDMM Rogers, C.J., Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages, 2006. https://amzn.to/3j2kQvG Parker, C., The Cambridge History of Warfare, 2005. https://amzn.to/32ggn1L Van Nimwegen, O., The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, 2010. https://amzn.to/2E3Fc95 Fiction related to the Early modern period: Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeers https://amzn.to/2CJVAuu Alexandre Dumas, 20 Years After https://amzn.to/32g82Lv Alexandre Dumas, The Vicomte de Bragelonne https://amzn.to/2EnIOCB Markus Heitz, The Dark Lands https://amzn.to/3ntZgEu Military Si-Fi recommendations: Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (Series of 22 books on the Napoleonic Wars), https://amzn.to/3RZyty0 Dan Abnett, The Founding: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) https://amzn.to/3vdGxkZ Dan Abnett, The Lost: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) https://amzn.to/3osvFvA Dan Abnett, The Saint A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) https://amzn.to/3orikUk Glen Cook, Chronicles of the Black Company (Chronicles of the Black Company Series Book 1) https://amzn.to/3PVgyGV Historiography: Neville Morley, Writing Ancient History 1999. https://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?