The scholarship of high medieval warfare tends not to emphasize the contribution made by urban communities, regarding cities as the passive objects of military campaigning. This article shows that the inhabitants of medieval London, however, had emerged as an organized military community from an early date, and were regarded by contemporaries as unusually disciplined, effective, fighters.

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“人口众多，以其军事素质而闻名”：战争中的伦敦人，c。1000–1200

中世纪战争的学术研究倾向于不强调城市社区的贡献，将城市视为军事行动的被动对象。这篇文章表明，中世纪伦敦的居民从很早的时候就已经形成了一个有组织的军事社区，并被同时代人视为异常自律、高效的战士。