The medieval military logistics is a subject barely explored, but with a lot of potencial. Withou... more The medieval military logistics is a subject barely explored, but with a lot of potencial. Without logistics, without this machine that moves behind an expedition, an army would never be able to achieve its purpose, and will not even reach the battlefield or manage to put siege to a castle. Logistics stays behind any military endeavor, it’s something invisible but without its contribution no expedition will reach success. We confirm it when we observe the supplies that are needed by a medieval army, or the march column, or the organization and location of a camp, as well as the transport of all the materials required to make war and to assure the survival of the soldiers. In order to realize a sucessfull expedition, the men needed to be feeded; the march column needed to be organized and safely oriented, to prevent ambush and to avoid getting lost; the camp had to be organized, secured, well situated with water, wood and grass around the vicinity; river’s passages, which were always dangerous for the medieval armies (carried with all their supplies), also implied a high level of organization. Thanks to the medieval chronicles, we will study how logistics works in the Portuguese military world by the XVth century.
The medieval military logistics is a subject barely explored, but with a lot of potencial. Withou... more The medieval military logistics is a subject barely explored, but with a lot of potencial. Without logistics, without this machine that moves behind an expedition, an army would never be able to achieve its purpose, and will not even reach the battlefield or manage to put siege to a castle. Logistics stays behind any military endeavor, it’s something invisible but without its contribution no expedition will reach success. We confirm it when we observe the supplies that are needed by a medieval army, or the march column, or the organization and location of a camp, as well as the transport of all the materials required to make war and to assure the survival of the soldiers. In order to realize a sucessfull expedition, the men needed to be feeded; the march column needed to be organized and safely oriented, to prevent ambush and to avoid getting lost; the camp had to be organized, secured, well situated with water, wood and grass around the vicinity; river’s passages, which were always dangerous for the medieval armies (carried with all their supplies), also implied a high level of organization. Thanks to the medieval chronicles, we will study how logistics works in the Portuguese military world by the XVth century.
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