11-09-2010, 11:00 PM
Continuing the tangent I noted above, the methods of warfare practiced by the native Irish in the Middle Ages were well documented by their English and Anglo-Irish enemies. See: http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/p ... eirigh.pdf
This kind of frontier warfare may be more relevant to post-Roman Britain than might seem at first sight. In both cases, two different cultures existed for substantial lengths of time side by side, before the gradual imbalance of power finally led to the defeat of one culture. Frontier raiding might constitute a lot of the warfare, with only rare grand battles which a chronicler would note.
This kind of frontier warfare may be more relevant to post-Roman Britain than might seem at first sight. In both cases, two different cultures existed for substantial lengths of time side by side, before the gradual imbalance of power finally led to the defeat of one culture. Frontier raiding might constitute a lot of the warfare, with only rare grand battles which a chronicler would note.
Felix Wang
