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Medieval Shield walls have become a favorite of today’s moviemakers. But if you take a closer look, it’s clear that the historical shield wall has little to do with the heroic, spectacular, and often acrobatic mess we see in films  In reality, fighting in a shield wall was unspectacular brutal soldiering. However, in film, battles are an occasion for a hero to prove himself. Such scenes are climactic and popular media is often much more interested in good drama than in historical authenticity. Nevertheless, the medieval shield wall is a controversial topic not only among history buffs but also among historians. Still, there are some things that can be said about the historical shield wall with a fair degree of certainty - and thus some aspects of pop media depictions can be identified as myths. In this video, we’re going to tackle four common misconceptions about medieval shield walls.

Bibliography:

In this video we heavily relied on
Rogers, C. J., Soldiers’ Lives Through History. The Middle Ages, Westport 2007.

Other recommended reading:
Abels, R., Alfred the Great, the micel hæðen here and the Viking threat, in: T. Reuter (ed.), Alfred the Great. Papers from the Eleventh-Centenary Conferences, Ashgate 2003.
Bates, David, William the Conqueror, Stroud 2001.
Bennett, Matthew; Bradbury, Jim; DeVries, Kelly; Dickie, Iain; Jestice, Phyllis, Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World AD 500–AD 1500: Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics, New York 2006.
Halsall, G., Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West, c. 450-900, London 2003.

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Reading list:
Warfare:
Duffy, C., Siege Warfare: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660, Vol. 1, 1979. https://amzn.to/32dvvwM
Devries, K., Douglas, R., Medieval Military Technology, 1992, https://amzn.to/3IazYoC.
Rogers, C.J., The military revolution debate. Readings on the military transformation of early modern Europe, 1995. https://amzn.to/3geVDMM
Rogers, C.J., Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages, 2006. https://amzn.to/3j2kQvG
Parker, C., The Cambridge History of Warfare, 2005. https://amzn.to/32ggn1L
Van Nimwegen, O., The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, 2010. https://amzn.to/2E3Fc95

Fiction related to the Early modern period:
Alexandre Dumas,The Three Musketeers https://amzn.to/2CJVAuu
Alexandre Dumas, 20 Years After https://amzn.to/32g82Lv
Alexandre Dumas, The Vicomte de Bragelonne https://amzn.to/2EnIOCB
Markus Heitz, The Dark Lands https://amzn.to/3ntZgEu

Military Si-Fi recommendations:
Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (Series of 22 books on the Napoleonic Wars), https://amzn.to/3RZyty0
Dan Abnett, The Founding: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) https://amzn.to/3vdGxkZ
Dan Abnett, The Lost: A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) https://amzn.to/3osvFvA
Dan Abnett, The Saint A Gaunt's Ghosts Omnibus (Gaunt’s Ghosts) https://amzn.to/3orikUk
Glen Cook, Chronicles of the Black Company (Chronicles of the Black Company Series Book 1) https://amzn.to/3PVgyGV

Historiography:
Neville Morley, Writing Ancient History 1999. https://amzn.to/3NCyoNl
Albeit focused on ancient history, it's a brilliant book for anybody who is interested in what history actually is. Is it a story? How does it work in practise? Can writing history be objective? Is it "scientific"? What makes it a proper discipline at university?