Medieval Warfare: Sep/Oct 2018

ISSUE 4 of volume VIII of Medieval Warfare magazine concentrates on 12th century Norway.


12th-century Norway is the them but it also has interesting articles on the Black Death and Abbasid soldiers

I found it fascinating, mainly, no doubt, because almost all of it was unfamiliar territory to me.
The issue is marred by what seems to be some careless editing, eg on page 8 we are told Sverrir Sigurdsson, "the Birkebeiner contender to the Norwegian throne," defeated King Magnus's "superior royal force" in a naval battle, while on the very next page we are told "the Birkebeiner had the larger ships and more numerous force."
Also, very unfortunately for a magazine dedicated to warfare, we learn about several battles but are not treated to even one battle map.