| Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon: Medieval Warfare in Societies Around the Mediterranean Contributor(s): Kagay (Editor), Villalon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004125531 ISBN-13: 9789004125537 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: This volume consists of the work of eighteen established and younger scholars and focuses on the Mediterranean as a military arena during the Middle Ages. The essays center on several pillars of Mediterranean warfare: the crusading movement including the Spanish "reconquista, the development of gunpowder weaponry, the widespread use of mercenaries, and warfare as understood by the lawcodes and intellectuals of the period. A number of articles in this collection present new answers to old historiographical questions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Europe - Medieval - Technology & Engineering | Military Science |
| Dewey: 355 |
| LCCN: 2002025362 |
| Series: History of Warfare |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.66" W x 9.72" (2.34 lbs) 524 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume consists of the work of eighteen established and younger scholars and focuses on the Mediterranean as a military arena during the Middle Ages. The essays center on several pillars of Mediterranean warfare: the crusading movement including the Spanish reconquista, the development of gunpowder weaponry, the widespread use of mercenaries, and warfare as understood by the lawcodes and intellectuals of the period. A number of articles in this collection present new answers to old historiographical questions. |