Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics

by Matthew Bennett, Jim Bradbury (Author), Kelly DeVries (Author), Iain Dickie (Author), Phyllis Jestice (Author)

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Describes the fighting techniques of soldiers in what has been characterised as the 'age of chivalry' and it shows in detail the methods by which armies gained and lost ascendancy on the battlefield.

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I was disappointed by this book. The topics covered are very general. The book relies on its too cute battlefield maps to illustrate the very general topics. I simply didn't learn much from the book. Perhaps my interests were too specific, but it was costly and seemed more like a coffee table book.
"Slagfältet" skall förstås i vid mening: detta är inte enbart fältslagets (för övrigt en ovanligt sällsynt företeelse under medeltiden) historia som behandlas, utan allmän militärhistoria. Alltigenom lättläst, men ganska episodiskt och ibland med en air av kompilat snarare än genomtänkt komposition: uppdelningen mellan infanteri och kavalleri som görs gör att man tappar mycket överblick. Att man kastas mellan olika typer av infanteri och olika slag hjälper inte hellre. Detta är snarare ett verk man läser för att få detaljkunskaper än en vid överblick.
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Matthew Bennett (MA FSA FRHislS) is a Senior Lecturer at The Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. He has written extensively on crusading and medieval warfare in general, including the Cambridge Atlas of Warfare: the Middle Ages and Agincourt, 1415. Jim Bradbury is a former history lecturer who has been a full-time writer since 1993. His books show more include The Medieval Archer, The Medieval Siege, and The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare. Kelly DeVries is Professor of History at Loyola College in Maryland. He is the author of several, books, including Medieval Military Technology, Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century, Joan of Arc: A Military Leader, and Cups and Men in Medieval Europe. Iain Dickie's interest in military matters was first inspired by pictures of Roman artillery at the age of 12. Based in Britain, he has been a committee member of the Society of Ancients, the editor of Army Navy Modelworld, Military Hobbies, and Miniature Wargames magazines. Phyllis Jestice is Assistant Professor of Medieval History, University of Southern Mississippi. She was previously Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval History, California State University. show less
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Jim Bradbury taught at a secondary school for ten years before becoming a Senior Lecturer and Head of Section for history at Borough Road College, now part of Brunel University
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Bergquist, Lars (Translator)
Törnquist, Leif (militärhistorisk granskning)

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Common Knowledge

Original publication date
2005
Important events
Mongol Invasion of Europe

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Genres
History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
355.00902Society, government, & culturePublic administration & military scienceThe Military - Land, Air & Sea / WarfareBiography And HistoryBy Period
LCC
U37 .F54Military ScienceMilitary science (General)History of military science
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