Sir Charles Oman's History of The Art of War in the Middle Ages Volume 1

von Charles William Oman

578 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Volume One charts the period from 378 to the battle of Marchfield in 1278 which decided the fate of Austria and marked the ascendancy of the armoured knight. Includes the transition from the Roman to Medieval Warfare and the development of Cavalry, the Byzantine Army and its development, the Crusades, the Visigoths, the Lombards, the Franks, the Anglo-Saxons, Charlemagne, the Vikings and Magyars, their weaponry, arms and armour. With detailed descriptions of particular battles such as Adrianople, Louvain, Hastings and Lewis. Volume Two covers Edward the First's Welsh Wars, Bannockburn, the Hundred Years War, the rise of the Swiss, the Condottieri in Italy, the Housesit Wars and the wars of the Roses. Particular importance is accorded to the early use of gunpowder and its revolutionary impact on tactics, siege craft and politics and conduct of war. This is volume one of the two-volume set.

• Reihe: Sir Charles Oman's History Of The Art of War in the Middle Ages Complete in 2 volumes
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Mittelalterliche Kriegführung (vor der Schießpulver-Kriegsführung)
• ISBN: 9781783313143
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.01.2017
• Größe: 210 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press