UID:
almafu_9959227788602883
Format:
1 online resource (341 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-55388-9
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1-281-10081-1
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9786611100810
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0-203-93007-X
Series Statement:
Warfare and history
Content:
Guy Halsall relates warfare to many aspects of medieval life, economy, society and politics.This book recovers its distinctiveness, looking at warfare in a rounded context in the British Isles and Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the break-up of the Carolingian Empire.Examining the raising and organization of early medieval armies and looks at the conduct of campaigns, the survey also includes a study of the equipment of warriors and the horrific experience of battle as well as an analysis of medieval fortifications and siege warfare.Warfare and Socie
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; MAP; 1 WARFARE AND VIOLENCE IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES; 2 WARFARE AND SOCIETY; 3 RAISING AN ARMY (1): POST-ROMAN EUROPE; 4 RAISING AN ARMY (2): THE CAROLINGIAN WORLD; 5 RAISING AN ARMY (3): ALLIES, MERCENARIES AND TRAINING THE TROOPS; 6 RAISING AN ARMY (4): THE SIZE OF ARMIES; 7 CAMPAIGNING; 8 WEAPONRY AND EQUIPMENT; 9 BATTLE; 10 FORTIFICATION AND SIEGE WARFARE; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX: MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE FRANKISH REALMS, 581-90; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-23940-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-23939-7
Language:
English
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