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Medieval warfare : a history
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ISBN: 9780191647383 9786610445264 0191542520 9780191542527 1280445262 9781280445262 0198206399 9780198206392 0191647381 9780192801272 0192801279 Year: 1999 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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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

Warfare and society in the barbarian West, 450-900
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ISBN: 1134553889 1281100811 9786611100810 020393007X 9780203930076 9780415239394 0415239397 9780415239400 0415239400 0415239397 0415239400 9781134553884 9781281100818 6611100814 9781134553839 9781134553877 Year: 2003 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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Guy Halsall relates warfare to many aspects of medieval life, economy, society and politics.This book recovers its distinctiveness, looking at warfare in a rounded context in the British Isles and Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the break-up of the Carolingian Empire.Examining the raising and organization of early medieval armies and looks at the conduct of campaigns, the survey also includes a study of the equipment of warriors and the horrific experience of battle as well as an analysis of medieval fortifications and siege warfare.Warfare and Socie

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