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Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300
List Price: $31.00 Our Price: $25.72 (As of Jun 18, 01:09 PM) Ships FREE from Amazon.com (details)  • This book is on our reading list • This book is on 6 myArmoury member lists Edition: Paperback Other editions available: Paperback, Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover 54 third-party copies available from: $6.90 (As of Jun 18, 01:09 PM) 
Other items of interest: • Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade • Chronicles of the Crusades (Penguin Classics) • The First Crusade: "The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres" and Other Source Materials (The Middle Ages Series) • Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics • Medieval Warfare: A History  Product Description: This authoritative and concise work surveys the range of warfare in the high Middle Ages while reflecting on the society that produced these military struggles. The book brings together for the first time a wealth of information on such topics as knighthood, military organization, weaponry and fortifications, and warfare in the East. In 1095 with the launching of the First Crusade, Europeans established a great military endeavour to save the Holy Land, an undertaking that remained a central preoccupation until the end of the thirteenth century. While the expeditions that went forth to fight the Muslims involved armies of exceptional size, much of the warfare within western Europe itself was conducted by small armies on behalf of landowners who were often neighbours and kin. In his approach to his subject, John France considers political, social, and economic development in the age of the crusades. He emphasizes the significance of four factors in shaping medieval warfare: the dominance of land as a form of wealth, the limited competence of government, the state of technology that favoured defence over attack, and the geography and climate of western Europe. His coverage of the castle and the knight in armour depicts the role of landowners in producing these characteristic medieval instruments of war. In addition, France provides an extensive analysis of battles in which he reconstructs a series of encounters in superb detail. Product Details/Specifications: Authors: John France Recording label: Cornell University Press Publishers: Cornell University Press Manufacturer: Cornell University Press EAN: 9780801486074 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0801486076 Number of items: 1 Number of pages: 344 Publication date: 1998-02-11 Language: English (Unknown) Language: English (Original Language) Language: English (Published) Data cached: Jun 18, 2013 01:09 PM (GMT -8 hours) |
