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Smith, Robert D.; DeVries, Kelly

 
9781851095261: Medieval Weapons: An Illustrated History of Their Impact
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ISBN 10 : 1851095268 ISBN 13 : 9781851095261
Editeur : ABC-CLIO, 2007

Synopsis

This fascinating reference covers the weapons and armor used by warriors from the 4th to the 15th century and discusses how and why they changed over time.
In the Middle Ages, the lack of standardized weapons meant that one warrior's arms were often quite different from another's, even when they were fighting on the same side. And with few major technological advances in that period, the evolution of those weapons over the centuries was incremental. But evolve they ultimately did, bringing arms, armor, and siege weapons to the threshold of the modern era. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginnings of the Renaissance, Medieval Weapons: An Illustrated History of Their Impact covers the inexorable transformation from warrior in the mail shirt to fully armored knight, from the days of spears and swords to the large-scale adoption of the handgun.

Medieval Weapons covers this fascinating expanse of centuries in chapters devoted to the early medieval, Carolingian, Crusade, and late medieval periods. Within each period, the book details how weapons and armor were developed, what weapons were used for different types of battles, and how weapons and armor both influenced, and were influenced by, changing tactics in battles and sieges.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kelly DeVries, PhD, is a professor in the Department of History at Loyola College, Baltimore, MD.

Robert D. Smith is an Independent Museum Consultant who formerly worked at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK.

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Éditeur
ABC-CLIO
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1851095268
ISBN 13 
9781851095261
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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