Kelly DeVries and Robert Douglas Smith. Medieval Military Technology, Second Edition. Toronto. University of Toronto Press Incorporated, 2012. XVIII + 356 pp. Illustrations, bibliographic references, Index. ISBN 978-1-4426-0497-1. This second edition of DeVries and Smiths' book, Medieval Military Technology, encompasses many of the weapons, fortifications, ships, machines, and armor developed throughout the medieval period, to provide a brief cultural overview. history of the relationship between military technology and medieval society. DeVries and Smiths goal in writing this book was to present their argument in a way that the reader could understand the purpose of the medieval army and its relationship to society. The central argument of this book is that, unlike Lynn White's thesis, which emphasized medieval stirrup military technology as the beginning of feudalism, DeVries and Smith use their book to allow the reader to see that medieval society and technology influenced each other. of the course of development of medieval military technology. Therefore, DeVries and Smiths thesis aims to focus on medieval military technology to better understand and appreciate the technologies that influenced medieval society and provided the modern 21st century with legendary stories. Their argument is reinforced in the book's conclusion, with examples of military revolutions occurring throughout the medieval period and a concise transition to how military technology influenced the modern world. All of this helped Devries and Smith successfully prove their thesis. Throughout this book, DeVries and Smith have used numerous primary and secondary sources to support your...... middle of document...... tearing and explaining the purposes of a wide range of weapons, d armor, ships, fortifications and machines on the evolution of medieval society and military technology. Overall, this manual is a useful guide to better understanding all the elements that influenced military technology throughout the period. the Middle Ages. The wide range of material, in a condensed form, makes this book a good starting point for beginning research on the topic of medieval military technology. If the reader can work through the book without getting lost in the fine details, then he or she will end up with a book that encompasses a broad argument that provides a good foundation for further work in the field. Works Cited DeVries, Kelly and Robert Douglas Forgeron. Medieval Military Technology, Second Edition. Toronto: University of Toronto Press Incorporated, 2012.