The Armour Archive

Hi all!
Picked up a copy of Hans Delbrucks "Medieval Warfare" while i was at the library today, and before i get to far into it i was wondering if anyone has any comments on it? I've seen Delbruck quoted extensively in other books I've read, and listed in all sorts of bibliographies, but I also seem to remember seeing something about some of his information and conclusions being way off base. Anyone else that's familiar with the subject care to share their observations?

There is a tendency nowadays for people to dismiss late 19th and early 20th century medievalists out of hand.
The great thing about Delbruck's book is that he gives in-depth descriptions of tons of medieval battles that you can't find in any other readily available sources. It's really cool.
It's amazing- there were quite a few major battles from the years 1080-1300 where the knights dismounted to fight.
-V

Mix it in with Verbruggen, and ignore the section on the Hussites. Otherwise, you can get a whole lot out of Delbruck. The 19th-century guys were really good at laying out the "what happened." Our interpretations of said have obviously come a long way since then.

But again, if you can afford it, you really need to read Verbruggen's critique of the authors, so you get it in a better context. Then you can go back and forth with the two, and get a LOT of benefit.

Im afraid im not familiar with Verbruggen. What is the title of the work your referring to?