Support our two man project and check out NordVPN: It's risk free with Nord's 30-day-money-back-guarantee! Contrary to popular belief, armies in the Middle Ages were not just made up of knights in shining armor who brought along their small retinue of peasants to the battlefield. The reality was that medieval armies were assembled in a variety of ways depending on their purpose and various other factors. This video explains how to raise a medieval army in Europe for an offensive campaign outside one’s own borders. Patreon (thank you): Prints & T-Shirts: Paypal (thank you: Twitter: Chapters: 00:00-00:12 Intro 00:12-02:24 Step 1: Spread the Word 02:24-08:59 Step 2: Vertical Recruitment 08:59-15:16 Step 3: Horizontal Recruitment 15:16-17:23 Step 4: Fill Your Ranks Bibliography: In this video we heavily relied on Rogers, C. J., Soldiers’ Lives Through History. The Middle Ages, Westport 2007. Reynolds, S., Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted, Oxford 1994. Halsall, G., Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, 450-900, London 2003. Powers, J. F., A Society Organized for War. The Iberian Municipal Militias in the Central Middle Ages 100-1284, Berkeley 1984. Macpherson, D. (Ed.), Rotuli Scotiae in Turri Londiniensi et in Domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi asservati, Vol. 1, London 1814.. Reading list: Warfare: Duffy, C., Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660, Vol. 1, 1979. Devries, K., Douglas, R., Medieval Military Technology, 1992, Rogers, C.J., The military revolution debate. Readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, 1995. Rogers, C.J., Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages, 2006. Parker, C., The Cambridge History of Warfare, 2005. Van Nimwegen, O., The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, 2010. Fiction related to the Early modern period: Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas, 20 Years After Alexandre Dumas, The Vicomte de Bragelonne Markus Heitz, The Dark Lands Military Si-Fi recommendations: Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (Series of 22 books on the Napoleonic Wars), Dan Abnett, The Founding: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) Dan Abnett, The Lost: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) Dan Abnett, The Saint A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) Glen Cook, Chronicles of the Black Company (Chronicles of the Black Company Series Book 1) Historiography: Neville Morley, Writing Ancient History 1999. Albeit focused on ancient history, it's a brilliant book for anybody who is interested in what history actually is. Is it a story? How does it work in practise? Can writing history be objective? Is it "scientific"? What makes it a proper discipline at university?