Cambridge Illustrated Atlas: Warfare - the Middle Ages 768-1487

HOOPER, Nicholas & BENNETT, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0521440491 / ISBN 13: 9780521440493

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Detailed colour maps and illustrative text. 192pp Large format. Large and Heavy volume. Extra postage will be required for orders outside UK - please enquire in advance. Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Cambridge Illustrated Atlas: Warfare - the Middle Ages 768-1487
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521440491
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521440493
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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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.