The Art of warfare in western Europe during the middle ages
Editorial BOYDELL & BREWER LTD
Mainland Spain
Warfare is one of the central themes of medieval history, but until recently its technical details and organization have not been properly investigated. Professor Verbruggen's masterly work applies rigorous standards to the analyses of the often very...
Read more- Publisher BOYDELL & BREWER LTD
- ISBN13 9780851155708
- ISBN10 0851155707
- Type BOOK
- Pages 388
- Published 1996
- Bookbinding Rustic
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Medieval Universal HistoryThe Art of warfare in western Europe during the middle ages
Editorial BOYDELL & BREWER LTD
Warfare is one of the central themes of medieval history, but until recently its technical details and organization have not been properly investigated. Professor Verbruggen's masterly work applies rigorous standards to the analyses of the often very...
Mainland Spain
Book details
Warfare is one of the central themes of medieval history, but until recently its technical details and organization have not been properly investigated. Professor Verbruggen's masterly work applies rigorous standards to the analyses of the often very obscure surviving evidence, and comes up with conclusions which are very different from those of earlier generations of military historians.
He begins by analyzing the sources for our knowledge of the military history of the period, and assessing their reliability, going on to look at the constituent parts of the medieval army. He then turns to the way in which it was used, the vexed question of medieval tactics, which is explored by analyzing accounts of a series of major battles. This leads on to the problems of strategy: whether to seek battle, fight a defensive war, or attempt a war of conquest. Throughout, there is rich detail in support of the argument, drawn from primary sources.