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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1862363" data-attributes="member: 2205">Cool.  Don't forget the Byzantine Empire, too!One cool resource, which with any luck you can find in a library, are the Osprey Military Press books.  Sure, they're light on history, and focus more on the military and soldiers, but that's actually OK.  There are some great pictures, especially in the books illustrated by Angus McBride, that you can use as well.I'd recommend: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=Q3011~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">Saxon, Viking and Norman</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=Q3062~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">Byzantine Armies 886-118</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=Q4484~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">The Armies of Islam 7th-11th Century</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=Q042X~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">The Age of Charlamagne</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=Q8331~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">Hungary and the Fall of Eastern Europe 1000-1568</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=Q9494~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">The Age of Tamerlane</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=P279X~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">Armies of the Muslim Conquest</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=P3478~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">Byzantine Armies AD 1118-1461</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=P8488~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">Armies of Medieval Russia 750-1250</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=S2342~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">Medieval Russian Armies 1250-1500</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=S5058~ser=MAA~per=41" target="_blank">Medieval Scandinavian Armies 1100-1300</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=Q5650~ser=ELI~per=41" target="_blank">The Vikings</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=P3184~ser=WAR~per=41" target="_blank">Viking Hersir</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=P3494~ser=WAR~per=41" target="_blank">Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD 449–1066</a></li> </ul>Wow, I've read a lot of those!  Anyway, it's a good place to start; especially the Medieval Russian ones, the Vikings, and maybe the Age of Tamerlane, and the Hungarian one, specifically for the area you're looking for.  Don't forget those Byzantine ones as well!Not only do they give a pretty good overview, and generally have great art, but they also have great further reading lists.Although that may be entirely more research than you're interested in...</blockquote>

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