In this concise, wide-ranging study, Helen Nicholson provides the essential introductory guide to a fascinating subject.
Charles Oman's Medieval Warfare: the Art of War in the Middle Ages is an amazing history of warfare techniques from the fall of Rome to the close of the 15th century.
Hono sapiens, homo pugnans, and so it has been since the beginning of recorded history.
This richly illustrated book explores over seven hundred years of European warfare, from the time of Charlemagne to the end of the middle ages (c.1500). The period covered has a distinctive character in military history.
Curated by two of the leading experts in medieval military history, the readings in Medieval Warfare tell a story of terrors and tragedies, triumphs and technologies in the Middle Ages.
This richly illustrated book explores over seven hundred years of European warfare, from the time of Charlemagne to the end of the middle ages (c.1500).
In this concise, wide-ranging study, Helen Nicholson provides the essential introductory guide to a fascinating subject.
This richly illustrated book explores over seven hundred years of European warfare, from the time of Charlemagne to the end of the middle ages (c.1500). The period covered has a distinctive character in military history.
"[This book] is a comprehensive illustrated history of the way, why, and how war was fought from the fall of the Roman Empire through and including the Renaissance and Protestant...
Great Britain's story is punctuated by the glorious battles at Bannockburn, Crecy and Agincourt, and Shakespearean heroes like Edward III, Henry V, and Hotspur. History remembers this as an age...
Hono sapiens, homo pugnans, and so it has been since the beginning of recorded history.
Medieval Warfare describes why battles were fought in the Middle Ages, between whom, and how soldiers protected and defended themselves.