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Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World 500-1500 Matthew Bennett

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World 500-1500 By Matthew Bennett

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World 500-1500 by Matthew Bennett


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Using specially commissioned colour and black-and-white artworks to illustrate the battles, equipment and tactics of the era, Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World shows in detail the methods by which armies gained and lost ascendancy on the battlefield. This is an essential companion for any reader interested in medieval warfare.

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World 500-1500 Summary

Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World 500-1500: Equipment, combat skills and tactics by Matthew Bennett

'Once you engage in battle it is inexcusable to display any sloth or hesitation; you must breakfast on the enemy before he dines on you.' - Kai Ka'us ibn Iskander, Persian prince, 1082AD

Why were Welsh longbowmen and Italian mercenaries more effective in battle than French armoured knights? How able were the crusaders? What is the difference between chain mail and scale mail? Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World describes combat in what has been characterised as the 'age of chivalry'. The book explores the tactics and strategy required to win battles with the technology available and points out how the development of such weapons technology changed the face of the battlefield.
Divided into five sections, the text begins with the foot soldier and the mounted soldier, the equipment they wore and used, and how they fought together as a unit. The third section discusses how these units were used together on the battlefield, and the importance of a general correctly disposing his troops before the battle began. The fourth section looks at siege warfare - a common event in this era of fortification. Finally the book covers naval warfare, from the ships in which the men fought to the weapons they carried and the major battles of the period.
Using specially commissioned colour and black-and-white artworks to illustrate the battles, equipment and tactics of the era, Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World shows in detail the methods by which armies gained and lost ascendancy on the battlefield. This is an essential companion for any reader interested in medieval warfare.

About Matthew Bennett

Matthew Bennett MA, FSA, FRHistS, has been a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst since 1984. He is the co-author of the Cambridge Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages 768-1487. He has also published many academic articles on chivalric and crusader 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 Guns and Men in Medieval Europe. Iain Dickie has been a committee member of the Society of Ancients, the editor of Army & Navy Modelworld, Military Hobbies, and Miniature Wargames magazine. Jim Bradbury is the author of several books on medieval history including the Medieval Siege, The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare and The Medieval Archer. He also lectures on the subject of siege warfare. Phyllis G. Jestice is Professor of Medieval European History and former Chair of the Department of History at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, where she regularly teaches about vikings, crusaders, and the 100 Years War. A devoted teacher, Jestice enjoys writing for both academic and popular audiences. Her most recent monograph is Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty: Women and Rule in Tenth-century Germany> (Palgrave Macmillan 2018).

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1
The Role of Infantry

CHAPTER 2
Mounted Warfare

CHAPTER 3
Command and Control

CHAPTER 4
Siege Techniques

CHAPTER 5
Naval Warfare

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Additional information

GOR004271165
9781906626624
1906626626
Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World 500-1500: Equipment, combat skills and tactics by Matthew Bennett
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Amber Books Ltd
20090915
256
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