This page is a compilation of all of the sources used throughout the website.
Art & Culture
Heraldry
Europe
Allcock, Hubert. Heraldic Design: Its Orgins, Ancient Forms and Modern Usage. New York City: Tudor Publishing, 1962.
Boutell, Charles, and Arthur Charles Davies. The Handbook to English Heraldry. 11th ed. London: Reeves & Turner, 1914.
Blount, LaWanna. "Women in the Age of Chivalry and Heraldry." Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education, no. 3-4 (2010): 47-58.
Charles VII, King of France. Letter bestowing Joan of Arc and family armorial bearings. Chinon. 2 Jun. 1429. De Agostini Picture Library. http://www.maidofheaven.com/joanofarc_coat_of_arms.asp
Friar, Stephen, and John Ferguson. Basic Heraldry. New York: W.W. Norton, 1993.
“Grant of Arms to Sir Nicholas,” Parchment and Ink, 27 February 1568/9, British Museum. In English Heraldic Manuscripts in the British Museum, C.E. Wright,14. London:The British Library Board,1973.
Milton, Roger. Heralds and History. Newton Abbot ,England: David & Charles, 1978.
“Portcullis’ Book,” Parchment and Ink, c.1440, British Museum. In English Heraldic Manuscripts in the British Museum, C.E. Wright,6. London:The British Library Board,1973.
Slater, Stephen. The Illustrated Book of Heraldry: An International History of Heraldry and Its Contemporary Uses. Leicestershire, Eng.: Lorenz Books, 2013.
Tomb of Edward, the Black Prince. c. 1380. Marble. Canterbury Cathedral, England.
http://www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/#/bp-tomb/4567153894.
Turnbull, Stephen R., and Angus McBride. Samurai Heraldry. Oxford: Osprey, 2002.
Wagner, Anthony. Heralds and Ancestors. London: British Museum Publications, 1978.
Wollaston, Gerald Woods. "Heraldry." Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 81, no. 4198 (1933): 574-86.
Woodcock, Thomas, and John Martin Robinson. The Oxford Guide to Heraldry. Oxford ,England: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Boutell, Charles, and Arthur Charles Davies. The Handbook to English Heraldry. 11th ed. London: Reeves & Turner, 1914.
Blount, LaWanna. "Women in the Age of Chivalry and Heraldry." Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education, no. 3-4 (2010): 47-58.
Charles VII, King of France. Letter bestowing Joan of Arc and family armorial bearings. Chinon. 2 Jun. 1429. De Agostini Picture Library. http://www.maidofheaven.com/joanofarc_coat_of_arms.asp
Friar, Stephen, and John Ferguson. Basic Heraldry. New York: W.W. Norton, 1993.
“Grant of Arms to Sir Nicholas,” Parchment and Ink, 27 February 1568/9, British Museum. In English Heraldic Manuscripts in the British Museum, C.E. Wright,14. London:The British Library Board,1973.
Milton, Roger. Heralds and History. Newton Abbot ,England: David & Charles, 1978.
“Portcullis’ Book,” Parchment and Ink, c.1440, British Museum. In English Heraldic Manuscripts in the British Museum, C.E. Wright,6. London:The British Library Board,1973.
Slater, Stephen. The Illustrated Book of Heraldry: An International History of Heraldry and Its Contemporary Uses. Leicestershire, Eng.: Lorenz Books, 2013.
Tomb of Edward, the Black Prince. c. 1380. Marble. Canterbury Cathedral, England.
http://www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/#/bp-tomb/4567153894.
Turnbull, Stephen R., and Angus McBride. Samurai Heraldry. Oxford: Osprey, 2002.
Wagner, Anthony. Heralds and Ancestors. London: British Museum Publications, 1978.
Wollaston, Gerald Woods. "Heraldry." Journal of the Royal Society of Arts 81, no. 4198 (1933): 574-86.
Woodcock, Thomas, and John Martin Robinson. The Oxford Guide to Heraldry. Oxford ,England: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Japan
Dower, John, The Elements of Japanese Design: A Handbook of Family Crests, Heraldry, & Symbolism. New York: John Weatherhill Inc. 1971
Honda, Isao. Monsho: Family Crests for Symbolic Design. Tokyo: Japan Publishing Trading Company. 1963 translated by Masatsugu Tsuzawa and Donald C. Mann
Okada, Yuzuru. Japanese Family Crests. Tokyo; Board of Tourist Industry: Japanese Government Railways. 1941
Stone Bridge Press, Family Crests of Japan. Berkeley; Stone Bridge Press. 2007
Honda, Isao. Monsho: Family Crests for Symbolic Design. Tokyo: Japan Publishing Trading Company. 1963 translated by Masatsugu Tsuzawa and Donald C. Mann
Okada, Yuzuru. Japanese Family Crests. Tokyo; Board of Tourist Industry: Japanese Government Railways. 1941
Stone Bridge Press, Family Crests of Japan. Berkeley; Stone Bridge Press. 2007
Heraldry in the Modern Era
History of NFL Uniforms. Last updated October 2010. http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall05/brownlee/thedecades.html
Llewellyn, Nigel. “Honour in Life, Death and in the Memory: Funeral Monuments in Early Modern England” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 6, (1996): 179-200
Stone Bridge Press, Family Crests of Japan. Berkeley; Stone Bridge Press. 2007
Llewellyn, Nigel. “Honour in Life, Death and in the Memory: Funeral Monuments in Early Modern England” Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 6, (1996): 179-200
Stone Bridge Press, Family Crests of Japan. Berkeley; Stone Bridge Press. 2007
Horses
History and Breeding
Ian Bottomley, “Horse Accoutrements and Mounted Warfare,” in Art of Armor: Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, ed. J. Gabriel Barbier-Mueller (Dallas: The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, 2011).
R.H.C. Davis, The Medieval Warhorse: Origin, Development and Redevlopment. (London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1989).
Karl F. Friday, Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992).
Karl F. Friday, Samurai, Warfare, and the State in Early Medieval Japan (New York: Routledge, 2004).
Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, Emil M. Bührer, Fritz A. Bauchwitz, Barbara Rey. The Kingdom of the Horse. (New York: Time-Life Books, 1969).
Stephen Turnbull, Samurai Warfare (London: Arms and Armour Press: 1996).
Stephen Turnbull, Samurai: The Japanese Warrior’s Unofficial Manual (New York: Thames and Hudson, Inc., 2012).
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/bayeux23.htm
http://www.arabianhorses.org/education/education_history_origin.asp
http://www.arabianhorses.org/home/faq/AskExpert4.asp
R.H.C. Davis, The Medieval Warhorse: Origin, Development and Redevlopment. (London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1989).
Karl F. Friday, Hired Swords: The Rise of Private Warrior Power in Early Japan (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1992).
Karl F. Friday, Samurai, Warfare, and the State in Early Medieval Japan (New York: Routledge, 2004).
Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, Emil M. Bührer, Fritz A. Bauchwitz, Barbara Rey. The Kingdom of the Horse. (New York: Time-Life Books, 1969).
Stephen Turnbull, Samurai Warfare (London: Arms and Armour Press: 1996).
Stephen Turnbull, Samurai: The Japanese Warrior’s Unofficial Manual (New York: Thames and Hudson, Inc., 2012).
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/bayeux23.htm
http://www.arabianhorses.org/education/education_history_origin.asp
http://www.arabianhorses.org/home/faq/AskExpert4.asp
Costs, Veterinarian, and Farrier Support Services
Barker, Juliet. Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle that Made England. (New York, NY: Little, Brown, and Company, 2005).
Ian Bottomley, “Horse Accoutrements and Mounted Warfare,” in Art of Armor: Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, ed. J. Gabriel Barbier-Mueller (Dallas: The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, 2011).
R.H.C. Davis, The Medieval Warhorse: Origin, Development and Redevlopment. (London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1989).
Robert H. Dunlop, David J Williams. Veterinary Medicine: An Illustrated History. (St. Louis: Mosby, 1996).
Anne McCabe. Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine: The Sources, Compilation, and Transmission of the Hippiatrica. (Oxford, GBR: Oxford University Press, UK, 2007). ProQuest ebrary. Web.
Miles in Armis Strenuus: The Knight at War.Michael Prestwich. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Sixth Series, Vol. 5, (1995), 204. Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal Historical Society Article DOI: 10.2307/3679334. Article Stable URL:http://www.ulib.niu.edu:2207/stable/3679334
Stephen Turnbull, Samurai Warfare (London: Arms and Armour Press: 1996).
Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook (London: Cassell and Co, 1998).
Giles Worsley. William Curtis Rolf. The British Stable. (New Haven, Conn.: Published For The Paul Mellon Centre For Studies In British Art By Yale University Press, 2004).
Ian Bottomley, “Horse Accoutrements and Mounted Warfare,” in Art of Armor: Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, ed. J. Gabriel Barbier-Mueller (Dallas: The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, 2011).
R.H.C. Davis, The Medieval Warhorse: Origin, Development and Redevlopment. (London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1989).
Robert H. Dunlop, David J Williams. Veterinary Medicine: An Illustrated History. (St. Louis: Mosby, 1996).
Anne McCabe. Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine: The Sources, Compilation, and Transmission of the Hippiatrica. (Oxford, GBR: Oxford University Press, UK, 2007). ProQuest ebrary. Web.
Miles in Armis Strenuus: The Knight at War.Michael Prestwich. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Sixth Series, Vol. 5, (1995), 204. Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal Historical Society Article DOI: 10.2307/3679334. Article Stable URL:http://www.ulib.niu.edu:2207/stable/3679334
Stephen Turnbull, Samurai Warfare (London: Arms and Armour Press: 1996).
Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook (London: Cassell and Co, 1998).
Giles Worsley. William Curtis Rolf. The British Stable. (New Haven, Conn.: Published For The Paul Mellon Centre For Studies In British Art By Yale University Press, 2004).
Armor and Training
Ian Bottomley, “Horse Accoutrements and Mounted Warfare,” in Art of Armor: Samurai Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, ed. J. Gabriel Barbier-Mueller (Dallas: The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, 2011).
Robert H. Dunlop, David J Williams. Veterinary Medicine: An Illustrated History. (St. Louis: Mosby, 1996).
Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, Emil M. Bührer, Fritz A. Bauchwitz, Barbara Rey. The Kingdom of the Horse. (New York: Time-Life Books, 1969).
Japanese Saddle and stirrups with dragon and lightening design. Edo period 1670 Japan lacquer on wood (maki-e), gold foil, silver, pigment, plant fibre (cord), dyes, metal, leather, (other materials)
(a) 27.5 x 42.3 x 38.4 cm (saddle) (b) 25.3 x 29.4 x 12.0 cm (stirrup) (c) 25.3 x 29.4 x 12.0 cm (stirrup). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1888 (2025M.a-c-D1A)
Kunz Lochner. Armor for Man and Horse. Etched steel, leather, copper alloy and textile.c. 1548. The Collection Online. The Metropolitan Museum of Art., 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. Accession Numbers: 29.151..2;29.158.183-.184; 32.69.
Stuart W. Pyhrr. Donald J. LaRocca. Dirk H. Breiding. The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480-1620. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005).
Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook (London: Cassell and Co, 1998).
http://www.olympic.org/equestrian-dressage-equipment-and-history?tab=history
Robert H. Dunlop, David J Williams. Veterinary Medicine: An Illustrated History. (St. Louis: Mosby, 1996).
Hans-Heinrich Isenbart, Emil M. Bührer, Fritz A. Bauchwitz, Barbara Rey. The Kingdom of the Horse. (New York: Time-Life Books, 1969).
Japanese Saddle and stirrups with dragon and lightening design. Edo period 1670 Japan lacquer on wood (maki-e), gold foil, silver, pigment, plant fibre (cord), dyes, metal, leather, (other materials)
(a) 27.5 x 42.3 x 38.4 cm (saddle) (b) 25.3 x 29.4 x 12.0 cm (stirrup) (c) 25.3 x 29.4 x 12.0 cm (stirrup). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Purchased, 1888 (2025M.a-c-D1A)
Kunz Lochner. Armor for Man and Horse. Etched steel, leather, copper alloy and textile.c. 1548. The Collection Online. The Metropolitan Museum of Art., 1 Jan. 2014. Web. 2 Dec. 2014. Accession Numbers: 29.151..2;29.158.183-.184; 32.69.
Stuart W. Pyhrr. Donald J. LaRocca. Dirk H. Breiding. The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480-1620. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005).
Stephen Turnbull, The Samurai Sourcebook (London: Cassell and Co, 1998).
http://www.olympic.org/equestrian-dressage-equipment-and-history?tab=history
Spirituality & Religion
Knights
The Peace of God Movement
Bernard of Clairvaux, In Praise of the New Knighthood. In The Works of Bernard of Clairvaux. Translated by Conrad Greenia. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 1977.
Cowdrey, H. E. J. "The Peace of God in the Eleventh Century," Past & Present 46 (1970), 42-67.
Dobord, André. "The Castellan Revolution and the Peace of God in Aquitaine." In The Peace of God: Social Violence and Religious Response in France around the Year 1000. Edited by Thomas Head and Richard Landes, 135-164. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992.
Frassetto, Michael. "Violence, Knightly Piety and the Peace of God Movement in Aquitaine." In The Final Argument: The Imprint of Violence on Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edited by Donald J. Kagay and L. J. Andrew Villalon, 13-26. Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 1998.
Koziol, Geoffrey. "Monks, Feuds, and the Making of Peace in Eleventh-Century Flanders." In Head, The Peace of God, 21-40.
Paxton, Frederick S. Paxton. "History, Historians, and the Peace of God." In Head, The Peace of God, 21-40.
Remensnyder, Amy G. "Pollution, Purity, and Peace: An Aspect of Social Reform between the Late Tenth Century and 1076." In Head, The Peace of God, 280-307.
Cowdrey, H. E. J. "The Peace of God in the Eleventh Century," Past & Present 46 (1970), 42-67.
Dobord, André. "The Castellan Revolution and the Peace of God in Aquitaine." In The Peace of God: Social Violence and Religious Response in France around the Year 1000. Edited by Thomas Head and Richard Landes, 135-164. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992.
Frassetto, Michael. "Violence, Knightly Piety and the Peace of God Movement in Aquitaine." In The Final Argument: The Imprint of Violence on Society in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edited by Donald J. Kagay and L. J. Andrew Villalon, 13-26. Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 1998.
Koziol, Geoffrey. "Monks, Feuds, and the Making of Peace in Eleventh-Century Flanders." In Head, The Peace of God, 21-40.
Paxton, Frederick S. Paxton. "History, Historians, and the Peace of God." In Head, The Peace of God, 21-40.
Remensnyder, Amy G. "Pollution, Purity, and Peace: An Aspect of Social Reform between the Late Tenth Century and 1076." In Head, The Peace of God, 280-307.
The Albigensian Crusade
A Source Book for Medieval History. New York: Scribners, 1905. Edited by Oliver J. Thatcher and Edgar Holmes McNeal.
De Tudela, Guillaume. The Song of the Cathar Wars: A History of the Albigensian Crusade. Translated by Janet Shirley. London: Ashgate, 2000.
Graham-Leigh, Elaine. The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer Press, 2005.
Huot, Sylvia. “The Political Implications of Poetic Discourse in the Song of the Albigensian Crusade.” French Forum 9, no. 2 (1984): 133-144. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40551093.
Marvin, Laurence W. The Occitan War: A Military and Political History of the Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1218. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Pegg, Mark Gregory. A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Raynaldus, “Annales” in S.R. Maitland, trans., History of the Albigenses and Waldenses (London: C.J.G. and F. Rivington, 1832), pp. 392-394.
Strayer, Joseph R. The Albigesnian Crusades. Edited by Norman F. Cantor. New York: Dial Press, 1971.
Sumption, Jonathan. The Albigensian Crusade. London: Faber & Faber, 1978.
De Tudela, Guillaume. The Song of the Cathar Wars: A History of the Albigensian Crusade. Translated by Janet Shirley. London: Ashgate, 2000.
Graham-Leigh, Elaine. The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer Press, 2005.
Huot, Sylvia. “The Political Implications of Poetic Discourse in the Song of the Albigensian Crusade.” French Forum 9, no. 2 (1984): 133-144. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40551093.
Marvin, Laurence W. The Occitan War: A Military and Political History of the Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1218. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Pegg, Mark Gregory. A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Raynaldus, “Annales” in S.R. Maitland, trans., History of the Albigenses and Waldenses (London: C.J.G. and F. Rivington, 1832), pp. 392-394.
Strayer, Joseph R. The Albigesnian Crusades. Edited by Norman F. Cantor. New York: Dial Press, 1971.
Sumption, Jonathan. The Albigensian Crusade. London: Faber & Faber, 1978.
Samurai
Shinto
Cleary, Thomas F. Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushido Sourcebook. Boston: Shambhala, 2008.
Gekko, Ogata. Usa hachiman sha kei, Wake no Kiyomaro ason 宇佐八幡社景 和気清麿朝臣, 1906.1220.0.1761, 1892. Woodblock print, (The British Museum, London). Accessed November 5, 2014. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=435649&objectId=3082053&partId=1
Kasahara, Kazuo. A History of Japanese Religion. 7th ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2009.
Kojiki. Japanese Historical Text Initiative. (University of California, Berkeley), 2006. Accessed November 25, 2014.http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/jhti/Kojiki.html
Toshio, Kuroda, James C. Dobbins and Suzanne Gay. “Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion.” Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Winter, 1981), 1-21.
"Stories of the Shinto Deity Hachiman." Asian Art Museum Website. January 1, 2012. http://education.asianart.org/explore-resources/background-information/stories-shinto-deity-hachiman.
Scheid, Bernhard. “Shinto as a Religion for the Warrior Class: The Case of Yoshikawa Koretaru.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 29, No. 3/4, Tracing Shinto in the History of Kami Worship (Fall, 2002), 299-324.
Turnbull, Stephen R. The Samurai and the Sacred. Oxford: Osprey, 2006.
Gekko, Ogata. Usa hachiman sha kei, Wake no Kiyomaro ason 宇佐八幡社景 和気清麿朝臣, 1906.1220.0.1761, 1892. Woodblock print, (The British Museum, London). Accessed November 5, 2014. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?assetId=435649&objectId=3082053&partId=1
Kasahara, Kazuo. A History of Japanese Religion. 7th ed. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2009.
Kojiki. Japanese Historical Text Initiative. (University of California, Berkeley), 2006. Accessed November 25, 2014.http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/jhti/Kojiki.html
Toshio, Kuroda, James C. Dobbins and Suzanne Gay. “Shinto in the History of Japanese Religion.” Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Winter, 1981), 1-21.
"Stories of the Shinto Deity Hachiman." Asian Art Museum Website. January 1, 2012. http://education.asianart.org/explore-resources/background-information/stories-shinto-deity-hachiman.
Scheid, Bernhard. “Shinto as a Religion for the Warrior Class: The Case of Yoshikawa Koretaru.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 29, No. 3/4, Tracing Shinto in the History of Kami Worship (Fall, 2002), 299-324.
Turnbull, Stephen R. The Samurai and the Sacred. Oxford: Osprey, 2006.
Zen Buddhism
Cleary, Thomas. Soul of the Samurai: Modern Translation of Three Classic Works of Zen & Bushido. North Clarendon, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 2005. Print.
Franck, Frederick. “Zen and Poetry.” Zen and Zen Classics. New York: Random House, 1978. 118. Print.
Heinemann, Robert K. “This World and the Other Power: Contrasting Paths to Deliverance in Japan.” The World of Buddhism. Ed. Heinz Bechert, ed. Richard Gombrich. New York: Facts On File, 1984. 224-227. Print.
Riepe, Dale. “The Significance of the Attack upon Rationality by Zen Buddhism.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 26.3 (Mar, 1966): 436. Print.
Tanahashi, Kazuaki and Tensho David Schneider. Essential Zen. San Francisco, CA: Harper, 1994. pp. xv. Print.
Franck, Frederick. “Zen and Poetry.” Zen and Zen Classics. New York: Random House, 1978. 118. Print.
Heinemann, Robert K. “This World and the Other Power: Contrasting Paths to Deliverance in Japan.” The World of Buddhism. Ed. Heinz Bechert, ed. Richard Gombrich. New York: Facts On File, 1984. 224-227. Print.
Riepe, Dale. “The Significance of the Attack upon Rationality by Zen Buddhism.” Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 26.3 (Mar, 1966): 436. Print.
Tanahashi, Kazuaki and Tensho David Schneider. Essential Zen. San Francisco, CA: Harper, 1994. pp. xv. Print.
Neo-Confucianism
Chin, Annping, trans. The Analects. New York: Penguin Group, 2014.
Cleary, Thomas F. Samurai Wisdom: Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture. Tokyo: Tuttle Pub., 2009.
Cleary, Thomas F. Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushidō Sourcebook. Boston: Shambhala, 2009.
De Bary, William Theodore, Carol Gluck, and Arthur E. Tiedemann. Sources of Japanese Tradition. 2nd ed. Vol. II, Part One. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
Howland, Douglas R. "Samurai Status, Class, and Bureaucracy: A Historiographical Essay." The Journal of Asian Studies 60, no. 2 (2001): 353-80. Accessed October 15, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2659697.
Hurst, G. Cameron. "Death, Honor, and Loyality: The Bushidō Ideal." Philosophy East and West 40, no. 4 (1990): 511-27. Accessed October 15, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399355.
Ikegami, Eiko. The Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995.
Tucker, John. "Japanese Confucian Philosophy." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. July 5, 2013. Accessed October 15, 2014.
Tucker, Mary Evelyn. Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo-Confucianism: The Life and Thought of Kaibara Ekken, 1630-1740. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989.
Cleary, Thomas F. Samurai Wisdom: Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture. Tokyo: Tuttle Pub., 2009.
Cleary, Thomas F. Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushidō Sourcebook. Boston: Shambhala, 2009.
De Bary, William Theodore, Carol Gluck, and Arthur E. Tiedemann. Sources of Japanese Tradition. 2nd ed. Vol. II, Part One. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
Howland, Douglas R. "Samurai Status, Class, and Bureaucracy: A Historiographical Essay." The Journal of Asian Studies 60, no. 2 (2001): 353-80. Accessed October 15, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2659697.
Hurst, G. Cameron. "Death, Honor, and Loyality: The Bushidō Ideal." Philosophy East and West 40, no. 4 (1990): 511-27. Accessed October 15, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1399355.
Ikegami, Eiko. The Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1995.
Tucker, John. "Japanese Confucian Philosophy." The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. July 5, 2013. Accessed October 15, 2014.
Tucker, Mary Evelyn. Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese Neo-Confucianism: The Life and Thought of Kaibara Ekken, 1630-1740. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989.
Warfare
Knights
Weapons
Bouchard, Constance Brittain. Knights: In History and Legend. Buffalo: Firefly Publishing, 2009.
Ayton, Andrew, and Sir Philip Preston. The Battle of Crecy 1346. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2005.
Featherstone, Donald. The Bowmen of England: The story of the English Bowmen. New York City: Clarkson N. Potter, 1968.
Gibbs-Smith, Charles H., ed. The Bayeux Tapestry. New York: Preager, 1909.
Harding, David, ed., Weapons an International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to 2000 AD. New York City: St. Martin’s Press, 1980.
Peter, DMR. “The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades, Extracted and translated from the chronicle of Ibn Al-Qalanisi” De Re Militari. Translated by H.A.R. Gibb. WordPress. Accessed December 2, 2014. http://deremilitari.org/2013/12/the-siege-of-tyre-in-1111-12-according-to-the-chronicle-of-ibn-al-qalanisi/.
Ayton, Andrew, and Sir Philip Preston. The Battle of Crecy 1346. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2005.
Featherstone, Donald. The Bowmen of England: The story of the English Bowmen. New York City: Clarkson N. Potter, 1968.
Gibbs-Smith, Charles H., ed. The Bayeux Tapestry. New York: Preager, 1909.
Harding, David, ed., Weapons an International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to 2000 AD. New York City: St. Martin’s Press, 1980.
Peter, DMR. “The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades, Extracted and translated from the chronicle of Ibn Al-Qalanisi” De Re Militari. Translated by H.A.R. Gibb. WordPress. Accessed December 2, 2014. http://deremilitari.org/2013/12/the-siege-of-tyre-in-1111-12-according-to-the-chronicle-of-ibn-al-qalanisi/.
Armor
Bardon, Jeffrey. "The Virtual Armory." Worcester Polytechnic Institute Electronic Projects Collection. Last modified June 25, 2013. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-072413-160550/unrestricted/Project_Report.pdf
"Life of Bertrand Duguesclin in verse," c. 1400 (Yates Thompson MS 35). In Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts, by Pamela Porter, page 46. University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Porter, Pamela. Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts. University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Swietoslawski, Witold. "A Confrontation Between Two Worlds. The Arms And Armour of Central European And Mongol Forces In The First Half Of The Thirteenth Century." Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2006, 59-66.
Windrow, Martin, ed. The Normans. Vol. 9 of Elite Series. London: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1997.
Windrow, Martin, ed. The Scottish and Welsh Wars 1250-1400. Vol. 151 of Men-At-Arms Series. London: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1992.
"Life of Bertrand Duguesclin in verse," c. 1400 (Yates Thompson MS 35). In Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts, by Pamela Porter, page 46. University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Porter, Pamela. Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts. University of Toronto Press, 2000.
Swietoslawski, Witold. "A Confrontation Between Two Worlds. The Arms And Armour of Central European And Mongol Forces In The First Half Of The Thirteenth Century." Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2006, 59-66.
Windrow, Martin, ed. The Normans. Vol. 9 of Elite Series. London: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1997.
Windrow, Martin, ed. The Scottish and Welsh Wars 1250-1400. Vol. 151 of Men-At-Arms Series. London: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1992.
Tactics
Al-Qalanisi, Ibn. The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades, Extracted and Translated From the Chronicle of Ibn Al-Qalanisi. Translated by H.A.R. Gibb. London: Luzac & Co., 1932. http://deremilitari.org/2013/12/the-siege-of-tyre-in-1111-12-according-to-the-chronicle-of-ibn-al-qalanisi/.
Bachrach, Bernard S. “Medieval Siege Warfare: A Reconnaissance.” The Journal of Military History 58, no. 1 (Jan., 1994): 119-133.
Bachrach, Bernard S. and David Bachrach. “Early Saxon Frontier Warefare: Henry I, Otto I, and Carolingian Military Institutions.” Journal of Medieval Military History X, (2012): 17-60.
Bachrach, David S. Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany. Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2012.
Bayeux Tapestry circa 1070. Panel 60-66. http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/Index.htm.
Bouchard, Constance B. Knights: In History and Legend. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2009.
Cushway, Graham. Edward III and the War at Sea: The English Navy, 1327-1377. Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2011.
deWayrin, Jehan. Illustration: Siege of a Town. Circa 15th century. In Constance B. Bouchard, Knights: In History and Legend. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2009. Page 118.
Lourie, Elena. “A Society Organized for War: Medieval Spain.” The Past and Present Society, no. 35 (1966) 54-76.
Wilson, David M. The Bayeux Tapestry: The Complete Tapestry In Color with Introduction, Description and Commentary by David M. Wilson. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 1985.
Bachrach, Bernard S. “Medieval Siege Warfare: A Reconnaissance.” The Journal of Military History 58, no. 1 (Jan., 1994): 119-133.
Bachrach, Bernard S. and David Bachrach. “Early Saxon Frontier Warefare: Henry I, Otto I, and Carolingian Military Institutions.” Journal of Medieval Military History X, (2012): 17-60.
Bachrach, David S. Warfare in Tenth-Century Germany. Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2012.
Bayeux Tapestry circa 1070. Panel 60-66. http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/Index.htm.
Bouchard, Constance B. Knights: In History and Legend. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2009.
Cushway, Graham. Edward III and the War at Sea: The English Navy, 1327-1377. Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2011.
deWayrin, Jehan. Illustration: Siege of a Town. Circa 15th century. In Constance B. Bouchard, Knights: In History and Legend. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 2009. Page 118.
Lourie, Elena. “A Society Organized for War: Medieval Spain.” The Past and Present Society, no. 35 (1966) 54-76.
Wilson, David M. The Bayeux Tapestry: The Complete Tapestry In Color with Introduction, Description and Commentary by David M. Wilson. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 1985.
Samurai
Weapons
Mol, Serge. Classical Weaponry of Japan: Special Weapons and Tactics of the Martial Arts. New York: Kondansha International, 2003.
Nobuo Ogasawara, Japanese Swords, (Japan: Hoikusha Publishing, 1970).
Thomas Louis and Tommy Ito, Samurai: the code of the warrior, (New York: Barnes and Noble, 2006).
The Way of the Bow and Arrow. The Japanese Warrior in Konjaku Monogatari Author(s): William Ritchie Wilson Source: Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Summer, 1973), pp. 177-233 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2383862
Wilson, William The War of the Bow and Arrow. The Japanese Warrior in Konjaku Monogatari. Edited by Stephen Turnbell. Vol. 1 of The Samurai Tradition The Age of War. Wiltshire: Antony Rowe Ltd, 2000.
Yamada, Shoji. Shots in the Dark. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2009.
Nobuo Ogasawara, Japanese Swords, (Japan: Hoikusha Publishing, 1970).
Thomas Louis and Tommy Ito, Samurai: the code of the warrior, (New York: Barnes and Noble, 2006).
The Way of the Bow and Arrow. The Japanese Warrior in Konjaku Monogatari Author(s): William Ritchie Wilson Source: Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Summer, 1973), pp. 177-233 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2383862
Wilson, William The War of the Bow and Arrow. The Japanese Warrior in Konjaku Monogatari. Edited by Stephen Turnbell. Vol. 1 of The Samurai Tradition The Age of War. Wiltshire: Antony Rowe Ltd, 2000.
Yamada, Shoji. Shots in the Dark. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2009.
Armor
Absolon, Trevor and David Thatcher. The Watanabe Art Museum Armour Collection. Vol. 1 of Samurai Armour. Victoria, B. C. : Toraba Samurai Art, 2011.
Bardon, Jeffrey. "The Virtual Armory." Worcester Polytechnic Institute Electronic Projects Collection. Last modified June 25, 2013. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-072413-160550/unrestricted/Project_Report.pdf
Guiseppe Piva Arte Giapponese. Guiseppe Piva. Accessed November 9, 2014. http://www.giuseppepiva.com/index.php/en/
Turnbull, Stephen. The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War. Tuttle Publishing, 2008.
Windrow, Martin, ed. The Samurai. Vol. 23 of Elite Series. London: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1995.
Bardon, Jeffrey. "The Virtual Armory." Worcester Polytechnic Institute Electronic Projects Collection. Last modified June 25, 2013. http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-072413-160550/unrestricted/Project_Report.pdf
Guiseppe Piva Arte Giapponese. Guiseppe Piva. Accessed November 9, 2014. http://www.giuseppepiva.com/index.php/en/
Turnbull, Stephen. The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War. Tuttle Publishing, 2008.
Windrow, Martin, ed. The Samurai. Vol. 23 of Elite Series. London: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1995.
Tactics
Cleary, Thomas. Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushido Sourcebook. Boston: Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2008.
Friday, Karl and Thomas Conlan. Currents in Medieval Japanese History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey P. Mass. Eds. G. M. Berger, A. E. Goble, L. F. Harrington, and G. C. Hurst III. Los Angeles: Figueroa Press, 2009.
Friday, Karl. Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Grant, R.G. Battle: A Visual Journey through 5,000 Years of Combat. New York: DK Publishing, 2005.
Grant, R.G. Commanders: History’s Greatest Military Leaders. New York: DK Publishing, 2010.
Grant, R. G. Warriors: A Visual History of the Fighting Man. New York: DK Publishing, 2007.
Sato, Hiroaki. Legends of the Samurai. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1995.
Suenaga, Takezaki. Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan, scrolls, 1300 (Bowdoin College, Brunswick). http://www.bowdoin.edu/mongol-scrolls/
Friday, Karl and Thomas Conlan. Currents in Medieval Japanese History: Essays in Honor of Jeffrey P. Mass. Eds. G. M. Berger, A. E. Goble, L. F. Harrington, and G. C. Hurst III. Los Angeles: Figueroa Press, 2009.
Friday, Karl. Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Grant, R.G. Battle: A Visual Journey through 5,000 Years of Combat. New York: DK Publishing, 2005.
Grant, R.G. Commanders: History’s Greatest Military Leaders. New York: DK Publishing, 2010.
Grant, R. G. Warriors: A Visual History of the Fighting Man. New York: DK Publishing, 2007.
Sato, Hiroaki. Legends of the Samurai. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 1995.
Suenaga, Takezaki. Scrolls of the Mongol Invasions of Japan, scrolls, 1300 (Bowdoin College, Brunswick). http://www.bowdoin.edu/mongol-scrolls/