Book Description
This awesomely illustrated and factual account sheds light on medieval warfare, as well as their weapons, armor, siege engines, and much more.
Author : Martin J. Dougherty
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 26,91 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0785834257
This awesomely illustrated and factual account sheds light on medieval warfare, as well as their weapons, armor, siege engines, and much more.
Author : Martin J. Dougherty
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,90 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Battles
ISBN : 9781435102071
Author : Martin Dougherty
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,1 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762774296
The essential visual guide to the warriors of the Middle AgesThis richly illustrated book provides an overview of the medieval world and a guide to the typical battlefield and the armies that populated it. From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Agincourt, see in detail how the weapons and fighting tactics of archers, artillerymen, bowmen, knights, and even peasants developed over the centuries.Chapters cover mounted knights, foot soldiers, missile troops, and siege weapons and techniques.More than 300 color images and maps depict weapons, armor, equipment, and fighting tactics.Step-by-step illustrations demonstrate combat skills, including how to fire a longbow, fight with a sword and a buckler, attack with a lance, defend
Author : Thomas Conlan
Publisher : Amber Books
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 2008-05-14
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Asian history.
Author : Matthew Bennett
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 33,19 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780312348205
Describes the fighting techniques of soldiers in Europe and the Near East in an age before the widespread use of gunpowder.
Author : Martin Dougherty
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 34,91 MB
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1493082787
The essential visual guide to the warriors of the Middle Ages, this richly illustrated guide provides an overview of the medieval world and a guide to the typical battlefield and the armies that populated it.
Author : Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 25,5 MB
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0486137570
This profusely illustrated and thoroughly researched book describes in detail the diverse methods used to attack and defend castles during the Middle Ages. In a groundbreaking study — the first to shed light on the purpose, construction techniques, and effectiveness of medieval fortifications, noted nineteenth-century architect and writer Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc discusses such architectural elements as dungeons, keeps, battlements, and drawbridges. In addition to describing a vast number of European structures — among them fortifications at Carcassonne, Paris, Avignon, Vincennes, Lubeck, Milan, and Nuremberg — he examines the use of artillery and trenches, as well as such weapons as battering rams, mines, and the long-bow. A concise, scholarly reference for architectural historians, this absorbing history will appeal as well to medievalists, military buffs, and anyone interested in the evolution and development of the castle.
Author : Matthew Bennett
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 38,37 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : 9781435145351
Author : Tom Lewis
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 2021-04-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1612008887
A concise and entertaining explanation of how other accounts, and popular culture such as films, have misrepresented medieval warfare. We don't know how medieval soldiers fought. Did they just walk forward in their armor smashing each other with their maces and poleaxes for hours on end, as depicted on film and in programs such as Game of Thrones? They could not have done so. It is impossible to fight in such a manner for more than several minutes as exhaustion becomes a preventative factor. Indeed, we know more of how the Roman and Greek armies fought than we do of the 1300 to 1550 period. So how did medieval soldiers in the War of the Roses, and in the infantry sections of battles such as Agincourt and Towton, carry out their grim work? Medieval Military Combat shows, for the first time, the techniques of such battles. It also breaks new ground in establishing medieval battle numbers as highly exaggerated, and that we need to look again at the accounts of actions such as the famous Battle of Towton, which this work uses as a basic for its overall study.
Author : Don Cunningham
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 27,14 MB
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1462907490
Unlock the secrets of the legendary weapons of the samurai While the samurai is well known as the military nobility of medieval Japan, their range of weapons, which went far beyond the katana, bow, and spear, is lesser known. For instance, some weapons, like the tesson, or iron fan, were used in secret where samurai swords were not allowed. Others were improvised, with warriors using whatever fighting tool was at hand. In Samurai Weapons, readers will follow the story of Zenigata Heiji, among others, who developed an uncanny ability to use heavy coins as dangerous weapons by throwing them like bullets. Author Don Cunningham, who held ranks in judo, jujutsu, and kendo, including a second dan license from the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo, gives us a historical look at these ancient arms in a way that's useful for novices and samurai experts alike. Chapters cover such rich details as: Japanese martial arts culture Hidden weapons Sensu, truncheons, and polearms Learn how and why samurai weapons included not only the sword of popular lore but also a variety of others. Cunningham describes the society of Japan, how the samurai class arose, and the place in society that samurai held through the centuries, focusing in particular on the various weaponry they used, how they used it, and why. Samurai Weapons highlights how these weapons and fighting styles have influenced various schools of Japanese martial arts.