Oman's two-volume history of warfare in the Middle Ages is the key work for understanding the changing face of battle as it was tested, refined and transformed through centuries of upheaval. Both scholarly and accessible this is wonderful account of the strategies, tactics and military organisation that took place during the Middle Ages.
Both scholarly and accessible this is wonderful account of the strategies, tactics and military organisation that took place during the Middle Ages.
This illustrated Leonaur book not only combines two outstanding works upon broadly related themes, but the text has been enhanced with many monotone illustrations and campaign and battlefield maps which, although they did not appear in ...
Sir Charles Oman brings medieval warfare to life in this epic work of military history.
THE BEST ACCOUNT OF SIXTEENTH-CENTURY WARFARE BY THE AUTHOR OF A HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR WAR This is an unrivalled account of sixteenth-century warfare, in which Sir Charles Oman traces the dramatic, far-reaching changes in the military ...
This edition is based on Methuen’s 1978 revised and enlarged edition, which includes new chapters and the author’s original preface.
A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages
He was elected the Chichele Professor of modern history at Oxford in 1905, serving as President of the Royal Historical Society (1917-1921), the Numismatic Society and the Royal Archaeological Institute.Oman was a Conservative member of ...
Written by Sir Charles Oman, one of the great medievalists of his time, this book remains for students and general readers one of the best accounts of military art in the Middle Ages.
This history of medieval warfare, originally written in 1885 when its author—later one of the great medievalists—was still an undergraduate at Oxford, remains for students and general readers one of the best accounts of military art in ...
He was elected the Chichele Professor of modern history at Oxford in 1905, serving as President of the Royal Historical Society (1917-1921), the Numismatic Society and the Royal Archaeological Institute.Oman was a Conservative member of ...