MEDIEVAL WARFARE: Volume 5.3

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Theme: Triumph for the Yorkists

* The Rise and Fall of Queen Margaret - Triumph for the Yorkists
* A War-Captain of the House of York - Lord Fauconberg
* Calais' Role in the Yorkist Triumph - Sanctuary and Fortress
* The Early Military Career of Edward IV - Son of York
* The Battle of Towton - Bloody Sunday
* The Changing Face of Warfare - The Poleaxe
* Jasper Tudor and the Welsh Robin Hood - Turmoil in Wales

Other Articles:

* The Rise and Fall of the Hashashin - Blood and Sand
It was a quiet summer day when the Castellan of Alamut, Mahdi, received an apparently unassuming schoolteacher. This teacher soon turned out to be none other than Hassan ibn Sabbah, mastermind of a dangerous new religious movement that was sweeping Persia. When Mahdi called his guards, Hassan merely smiled and informed the Castellan that his services were no longer needed. Alamut had fallen; the rise of the Hashashin had begun.

* Heroine or Ogress? - Freydis' Tale
When people imagine a Viking, they immediately picture images of large, muscular men equipped with axes and blades almost as fierce as their mighty fiery beards. However, it seems that some Viking women chose the path of the warrior as well.