MEDIEVAL WARFARE - History of the Art of War

Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books - University of Nebraska Press, 1990. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. 711 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and the shipping will be higher than normal. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps. The Chapters are: Charlemagne and His Successors: Charlemagne; The Subjugation of the Saxons; The Carolingian Empire - The Normans and the Hungarians. The Feudal State at the Height of Its Development: The Formation of Nations on the Remains of the Carolingian Empire; The Battle on the Lechfeld; The Battles of Emperor Henry IV; The Subjugation of the Anglo-Saxons by the Normans; The Norman Military Organization in England; The Norman Nation in Italy; Byzantium; The Arabs; General View of the Crusades. The High Middle Ages: Knighthood as a Caste; Military Aspects of Knighthood; Mercenaries; Strategy; The Italian Communes and the Hohenstaufens; The German Cities; The Conquest of Prussia by the Teutonic Order; English Archery - The Conquest of Wales and Scotland by Edward I; Individual Campaigns Battles and Engagements. The Late Middle Ages: Phalanx Battles - Burgher Forces and Militia Levies; Dismounted Knights and Marksmen; The Ottoman Turks; The Hussites; Condottieri - Compagnies d'Ordonnance and Freischutzen; The Battles of Tannenberg - Montl'hery - and a Few Other Engagements of the Period. The Swiss: Battle on the Morgarten; Battle of Laupen; Battle of Sempach; Battle of Doffingen; Military Organization of the Confederation; The Burgundian Wars; Military Theory in the Middle Ages; and Conclusion; followed by Appendix One: Chronological Listing of the Battles Referred to in This Volume; Appendix Two: Latin Text of the Oath in the Capitulare Missorum; Appendix Three: Latin Texts of the Carolingian and Other Capitularies on Military Service; Appendix Four: Latin Texts of the Assizes of Arms; and an index..