This is the first part of a two-volume work that divides its coverage of" warfare between the fifth and fourteenth centuries into those seen in internal Europe and those campaigns waged by European nations beyond their bonndaries and wars in other continents.The author supplements his informative text with illustrations and line drawings, extensive source notes and appendixes. He divides his first volume into:- ‘Barbarian’ invasions' and the ‘barbarian’ states- Early medieval Europe- The High Middle Ages- Late medieval EuropeIn each section he covers the peoples, campaigns, battles, armies — their recruitment, organisation, tactics, strategy, weaponry, fortification, siege warfare and naval campaigns. This part Of the book is followed by biographies of the leading characters of the period.The volumes, separately or combined, represent quality research diligently compiled and empathetically presented for the academic and lay historian, the modeller or wargamer and the student of warfare during this changing, colourful period.