The wars of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, England and Norway
Contents:
page 4 News and letters
Theme: Creating a Viking empire – The wars of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, England and Norway
6 Historical introduction – Gareth Williams, 'Cry Havoc!' A selective Viking history until Cnut the Great
10 The Source – Murray Dahm, Chainmail's terror song. Warfare in Anglo-Saxon poetry
13 Theme – Sidney Dean, Embracing the North Sea. Cnut's conquest of Norway
19 Theme – Raffaele d'Amato, The housecarls. The bodyguards of cnut the Great
23 Theme – Owen Rees, Going berserk. The psychology of Berserkers
27 Theme – Joshua Gilbert, Mercenaries, warlords and kings. The Danish conquest of England
Features:
34 The Castle – Andrei Pogâcias, John Hunyadi's stronghold. The castle of Hunedoara
38 Special – Michael Curl, Yhe industry of defence. A look at the armour industry of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth century
43 The Battle – David Santiuste, Victory of York. The Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471
49 Weapon Handling – John Clements, Killing the myth. The slow knight in clumsy armour
53 Reviews. Books and games
58 On the cover