The Barbarian Invasions: History of the Art of War: v. 2
From the eighth century through the Middle Ages feudalism determined the nature of European warfare. Medieval Warfare begins in the time of Charlemagne, who maintained a military system of freemen and of vassals bound to him in service for lands granted in fief. These pages are crowded with...
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From the eighth century through the Middle Ages feudalism determined the nature of European warfare. Medieval Warfare begins in the time of Charlemagne, who maintained a military system of freemen and of vassals bound to him in service for lands granted in fief. These pages are crowded with re-creations of famous events like the Battle of Hastings and movements like the Crusades; with the brightest flowers of knighthood, and with the mercenary grandeur of Byzantium.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780803292000 (0803292007)
Publish date: February 1st 1990
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Pages no: 506
Edition language: English
Author refers to this volume as the "most important" of the series.Coverage extends from Teutoberg Forest to Tours, though the latter is cursory (for want of reliable source material). Describes the height of the Roman system, its transition and destruction, replacement by a Germanic-Romanic system...
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