9780803265851-0803265859-Medieval Warfare: History of the Art of War, Volume III

Medieval Warfare: History of the Art of War, Volume III

ISBN-13: 9780803265851
ISBN-10: 0803265859
Edition: Revised ed.
Author: Hans Delbrück
Publication date: 1990
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback 712 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780803265851
ISBN-10: 0803265859
Edition: Revised ed.
Author: Hans Delbrück
Publication date: 1990
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback 712 pages

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Medieval Warfare: History of the Art of War, Volume III (ISBN-13: 9780803265851 and ISBN-10: 0803265859), written by authors Hans Delbrück, was published by University of Nebraska Press in 1990. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other United States History (European History, Naval, Military History, Engineering) books. You can easily purchase or rent Medieval Warfare: History of the Art of War, Volume III (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.48.

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From the eighth century through the Middle Ages feudalism determined the nature of European warfare. Medieval Warfare begins in the time of Charlemagne, who maintained a military system of freemen and of vassals bound to him in service for lands granted in fief. These pages are crowded with recreations of famous events like the Battle of Hastings and movements like the Crusades; with the brightest flowers of knighthood, and with the mercenary grandeur of Byzantium.

Hans Delbrück shows how feudal military organization varied in different countries and why the knightly forces could not hold up against the barbarous Normans. He studies military developments in the kingdoms that rose with the collapse of the Carolingian Empire, as well as the trend toward mercenary armies. When the Swiss peasants, forming the first true infantry, defeated the Burgundian knights in the fourteenth century, the era of modern warfare had begun.

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