The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768â "1487 (Cambridge Illustrated Atlases)

Nicholas Hooper; Matthew Bennett

ISBN 10: 0521440491 / ISBN 13: 9780521440493

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1996

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• Titre: The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768â "1487 (Cambridge Illustrated Atlases)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521440491
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521440493
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Poids: 2,5 livres

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Synopsis

This book offers a highly readable account of warfare in Europe and the Mediterranean from the Battle of Poitiers to the Wars of the Roses. With an emphasis on superb full-colour cartography and illustration, The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768–1487 focuses on military strategy, debunking some of the prevailing myths of medieval warfare. Often characterized as an era dominated by lone knights and long sieges, the Middle Ages in fact had a military culture as sophisticated and complex as our own, with organized armies and a high degree of tactical intelligence. This complexity is detailed in maps, plans, and an informative text. Development of naval warfare, cavalry, and siege tactics are all covered, as is the nature of contemporary logistics and contemporary understanding of the science of warfare.