Colchester Castle 95, 289, 293
Colleoni, Bartolomeo 26, 36, 228
comitatus
274
Comnena, Anna 7, 17
Comneni dynasty 10, 171, 338, 351
Compiègne 6, 51
Conan I of Brittany 35, 117, 199
concentric castles 284, 288, 293, 296, 301
concerted charges 274, 277
condottieri
19, 26, 36, 42, 50, 85, 92, 230, 232, 274
Conquereux, Battle of 35, 117, 199–200
Conrad II (HRE) 26, 278
Conrad III (HRE) 26–7, 159, 166, 183, 186, 187
Conrad IV (HRE) 27, 159
Conrad of Montferrat 13, 17, 40, 49
Conradin 23, 27, 236
Constantine I the Great 27, 170
Constantine V Copronymus (Byz.) 27
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (Byz.) 28, 83
Constantine VIII (Byz.) 15, 28
Constantine IX Monomachus (Byz.) 28, 61, 100
Constantine XI Palaeologus Dragases (Byz.) 28–9, 174
Constantinople 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 37, 39, 51, 52, 53, 55, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66,
88, 91, 103, 124, 169–73, 174, 176, 182, 183, 302, 305, 308
Conway Castle 70, 289
Córdoba 3, 9, 21, 33, 222
Córdoba, Gonzalo de 232, 234, 235
Corfe 4, 289
Corfu 23, 183
Cortenuova, Battle of 35, 159, 161–2, 233
counter castles 147, 148, 149, 153, 154, 301–2
Courtenay, Peter of 12–13, 90
Courtrai, Battle of 73, 195, 200, 243–4, 246, 270, 278
coustels and coustillers 242, 277
Cravant, Battle of 196, 200
Crecganford, Battle of 43, 133, 137
Crécy, Battle of 22, 30, 31, 53, 73, 195, 200, 242, 245
Crema 34, 163, 247
crenellation 291, 302
Crete 7, 14, 56
crossbows 19, 37, 39, 64, 77, 148, 198, 199, 200, 204, 217, 238, 241, 242, 247, 277, 286, 306
Crusades:
Albigensian 59, 65–6, 73, 76, 184, 189, 190, 204, 294;
Baltic 45, 162, 184, 301, 304, 313, 315–16;
Children’s 183;
Fifth 9, 12, 51, 183, 186, 230;
First 3, 7, 12, 17, 38, 49, 55, 60, 72, 78, 80, 89, 96, 98, 146, 182, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190;
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