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Crusading Warfare, 1097-1193 R. C. Smail

Crusading Warfare, 1097-1193 By R. C. Smail

Crusading Warfare, 1097-1193 by R. C. Smail


Summary

A revised edition of R. C. Smail's classic account of the military achievements of the Crusaders in the context of a 'feudal society organized for war'. A new bibliographical introduction and an updated bibliography have been provided by Christopher Marshall, while the original plates section has been superseded by new subjects.

Crusading Warfare, 1097-1193 Summary

Crusading Warfare, 1097-1193 by R. C. Smail

This is a revised edition of R. C. Smail's classic account of the military achievements of the Crusaders in the context of a 'feudal society organized for war'. A new bibliographical introduction and an updated bibliography have been provided by Christopher Marshall, while the original plates section has been replaced by a series of new subjects. In covering the period 1097-1193, this edition also complements Dr Marshall's own Warfare in the Latin East, 1192-1291, also available in a paperback edition.

Crusading Warfare, 1097-1193 Reviews

'This is an important book. It deals with a neglected subject and, above all, it treats warfare as it should be treated but has seldom been treated before, as an integral part of the history of the societies which waged it.' Antiquaries Journal
'... fresh and stimulating'. History
'... meticulous and thorough'. New Statesman

Table of Contents

List of plates; List of maps; List of plans; Preface (1954); List of abbreviations; Bibliographical introduction Christopher Marshall (1994); 1. The historians of crusading warfare; 2. Warfare and policy in Latin Syria; 3. Franks, Armenians and Syrians; 4. The Muslim armies; 5. The Latin armies; 6. The Latin field army in action; 7. The crusaders' castles; Bibliography; Bibliography to the second edition; Index.

Additional information

GOR005565721
9780521458382
0521458382
Crusading Warfare, 1097-1193 by R. C. Smail
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
1994-10-27
320
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