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Medieval warfare [electronic resource]

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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. It was an age when organization for war was integral to social structure, when the secular aristocrat was by necessity also a warrior, and whose culture was profoundly influenced by martial ideas. Twelve scholars, experts in their own fields, have contributed to this finely illustrated book. It is divided into two parts. Part I seeks to explore the experience of war viewed chr

Title Medieval warfare [electronic resource] : a history / edited by Maurice Keen.
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 1999
Notes "Chronological table of important dates and events": p. [301]-314.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-299) and index.
English
Content Cover
Contents
List of Maps and Figures
List of Contributors
1. Introduction: Warfare and the Middle Ages
I. PHASES OF MEDIEVAL WARFAR
2. Carolingian and Ottonian Warfare
3. The Vikings
4. An Age of Expansion, c.1020-1204
5. Warfare in the Latin East
6. European Warfare, c.1200-1320
7. The Age of the Hundred Years War
II. THE ARTS OF WARFARE
8. Fortifications and Sieges in Western Europe, c.800-1450
9. Arms, Armour, and Horses
10. Mercenaries
11. Naval Warfare after the Viking Age, c.1100-1500
12. War and the Non-Combatant in the Middle Ages
13. The Changing Scene: Guns, Gunpowder, and Permanent ArmiesFurther Reading
Chronology
Illustration Sources
Index
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Extent 1 online resource (353 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010705394205171
MARC RECORDS
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