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Taking a close and authoritative look at its history, battlefield organisation, tactics and equipment, the author places the army of the late Anglo-Saxon state firmly and correctly within its context - namely as a part of the mainstream of European military culture. The 'face of battle' is also considered. Taking the Battle of Maldon in AD 991 as an example, this work looks at close-order infantry combat and mass killing Anglo-Saxon style, via one of the best-documented events of the late Anglo-Saxon period. Providing the most detailed analysis of the events of battle to date, this book is the first devoted exclusively to the Anglo-Saxon army at war.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49602709881105,"sku":"GOR005096588","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0752431412.jpg?v=1773742520"},{"product_id":"romano-byzantine-infantry-equipment-book-ian-stephenson-9780752428864","title":"Romano-Byzantine Infantry Equipment","description":"The period from the accession of Diocletian to the Islamic conquest was a tumultuous one: a period of catastrophic defeat (Adrianople and the fall of the Empire in the West), as well as a brilliant success (the Justinian reconquest and the final defeat of Sassanid Persia). The period is well studied in political and historian terms; however, the Imperial Roman Army, particularly its appearance and equipment, remains a neglected topic. As a result a number of misconceptions have arisen. This authoritative follow-up to the author's successful \"Roman Infantry Equipment: The Later Empire\" not only corrects these misconceptions, it also provides a comprehensive survey of the military material of the period. The equipment, both offensive and defensive, is considered not simply as artefacts in isolation, but rather as pieces of a whole. Form is considered in conjunction with the reasons being the development and adoption, as well as the usage, of the equipment. Finally, the book addresses the vexed question of what exactly was a shieldwall and how did it function, particularly in relation to enemy cavalry. 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Yet some 14 years later Hannibal, his army and the Carthaginian state was comprehensively defeated at the hands of the greatest general of the ancient world - the Roman, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.  These events are usually explained from the point of view of the commanding generals, and Hannibal in particular, with the battle-winning Carthaginian army, which scaled the heights of glory at Cannae, being sidelined as a mere adjunct to its general. This, however, is the first book to place that army centre stage. For despite being one of the most famous fighting forces ever to take the field, it remains one of the least studied armies in history.  This groundbreaking work seeks to rectify that by looking at the organisation, command structure and equipment of Carthage's land forces. Predominantly concerned with Hannibal and the Second Punic War, the First and Third Punic Wars are not neglected, and importantly the development of Carthage's army is placed within the context of the Hellenistic Age as a whole.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50303635882257,"sku":"GOR006701890","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0752441213.jpg?v=1750978698"},{"product_id":"essential-renderman-book-ian-stephenson-9781846283444","title":"Essential RenderMan","description":"RenderMan has long been associated with top-end film production and is an essential tool for creating many of the effects and images in recent animated films (such as Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles). RenderMan is widely available and, with the demand for higher quality images, is now used by computer-based artists at all levels of the graphics industry.    Intended to provide a straightforward and easy introduction to the basic techniques involved, this book provides an excellent grounding, enabling readers to confidently move to more advanced texts. This second edition includes a new chapter on global illumination, and, with plenty of illustrations and hands-on examples, Ian Stephenson: gives an overview of RenderMan, explains how scenes are described, illustrates (among other things) how to create surfaces; colour; lighting; shadows; and depth of field, using RIB and the C API, introduces the techniques involved in creating shaders, applying textures and using global illumination.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50401422213393,"sku":"CIN1846283442G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51228489187601,"sku":"GOR005708654","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52675738239249,"sku":"NLS9781846283444","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1846283442.jpg?v=1750930529"},{"product_id":"production-rendering-book-ian-stephenson-9781849969291","title":"Production Rendering","description":"In the past, rendering systems used a range of different approaches, each compatible and able to handle certain kinds of images. 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