Table of Contents
Preface 7
Acknowledgements 15
Chapter I A sense of time 17
The fortress 18
The siege 19
The legend 22
Pufendorf's tale 26
Chapter II Judging the deeds 31
Another Lion of the North? 33
The commander 39
The face of war 47
Blaming the king 51
The interferences 55
Conclusion 57
Chapter III Exotic encounters, forgotten tales 59
The winged horsemen 61
"Such an attack my eyes will never see again" 65
Beware - the Tatars are coming! 70
The Swedish horse 74
Conclusion 78
Chapter IV The chanceries at war 81
The Office of the State 82
The king's secret 85
The seals and titles 90
The postal issues 97
The battle of Ven 99
The war on memory 100
Conclusions 104
Chapter V War on the water 107
Water as weapon 110
The crossings of Lech and San Rivers 112
Pirates and diplomats 115
The African dimension 120
Dominium Maris Baltici 122
Conclusions 124
Chapter VI The swamps and narrow roads - the landscape 125
The images 130
The illustrations and the reality 132
Afterthoughts 139
Bibliography 143
Index 157
