Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000-1300

✍ Scribed by John France

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 344
• Series: Warfare and History
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From the author of Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade, this book offers a wide-ranging and innovative survey of crusading warfare, and is intended as a standard reference for students and professional historians

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Plates and plans......Page 11
Proprietorial warfare......Page 18
The weapons of war......Page 33
War, society and technology......Page 47
Warfare and authority......Page 56
Men of war: cavalry......Page 70
Men of war: infantry......Page 81
The nature of the castle......Page 94
Castles and war......Page 113
Fortifications and siege......Page 124
Armies......Page 145
Commanders......Page 156
Campaign, battle and tactics......Page 167
Battle and the development of war......Page 183
Europe, ideology and the outsider......Page 204
Crusading and warfare in the Middle East......Page 221
Perspectives......Page 247
The Battle of Bouvines, 27 July 1214......Page 252
List of Abbreviations......Page 259
Notes......Page 261
Bibliography......Page 312
Index......Page 338

✦ Subjects

Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История средних веков;