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What's New on ORB

November 2002


Section editor:  Scott McLetchie


Featured Additions: De Re Militari

Many additions to the Culture: Military section of the ORB Encyclopedia, De Re Militari, ed. Peter Konieczny.  These include:

  • Three portions from The History of William the Marshal, recently translated by Stewart Gregory, and soon to be published by the Anglo-Norman Text Society. The sections deal with a tournament at Lagny sur Marne, an attack on Le Mans by Philip Augustus and Richard, and the Battle of Lincoln in 1217.
  • Other recent primary texts added include accounts of civil war in 15th century Perugia and 11th century Orkney, and the Battle of Hattin.
  • "Pagan Peverel: An Anglo-Norman Crusader", by Susan Edginton
  • "The Infamous Svjatoslav: Master of Duplicity in War and Peace?", by Walter Hanak
  • A preview of Glyn S. Burgess' translation of The Roman de Rou, by Wace: posted the section dealing with the war in Normandy between Henry I and Robert Curthose (lines 10839 - 11418)
  • Links to the fulltexts of the Chronicle of Novgorod and the Art of War by Machiavelli.
  • Storey, Randall, "The Tower of London and the garderobae armorum" - from Royal Armouries Yearbook v.3 (1998)
  • Onon, Urgunge, "The Art of War under Chinggis Qahan" - from The Secret History of the Mongols: The Life and Times of Chinggis Khan (2001)
  • Oikonomides, Nicolas, "The Turks in Europe (1305-13) and the Serbs in Asia Minor (1313) - from The Ottoman Emirate: 1300-1389 (1993)"
  • Inalcik, Halil, "Osman Ghazi's Siege of Nicaea and the Battle of Bapheus" - from The Ottoman Emirate: 1300-1389 (1993)
  • McGrath, Stamatina, "The Battles of Dorostolon (971): Rhetoric and Reality" - from Peace and War in Byzantium (1995)
  • The bibliography and news pages have also been updated.

Additions to The ORB Encyclopedia

  • Culture:  Art and Architecture 
    • All the Saints of the City of the Angels: illus. J. Michael Walker
      This site explores the cultural and spiritual heritage of Los Angeles, California, seeking connections between the lives of the saints and the histories surrounding the 85 streets that bear their names. ORB readers are invited to visit the site and to contribute related information within their areas of expertise.

Additions to E-Texts

Additions to the ORB Reference Shelf:

Additions to the ORB Library:  

Additions to Resources for Teaching

Additions to External Links (Disclaimer)

Additions to Medieval Studies for the Non-Specialist

Last updated 10 November 2002

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