"Vegetius' late Roman text became a well known and highly respected 'classic' in the Middle Ages, transformed by its readers into the authority on the waging of war. Christopher Allmand analyses the medieval afterlife of the De re militari, tracing the growing interest in the te…
En la cub.: "Deception and trickery are a universal feature of warfare, from the Trojan horse to the inflatable tanks of the Second World War. The wars of the Central Middle Ages (c. 1000-1320) were no exception. This book looks at the various tricks reported in medieval chronic…
Desmitificando los tópicos con que se nos suelen presentar los tiempos de la caballería, Sean McGlynn, profesor de la Universidad de Bristol, nos descubre en este libro la salvaje realidad de la guerra en la Edad Media: una realidad de trato brutal contra soldados y civiles, de …
Desmitificando los tópicos con que se nos suelen presentar los tiempos de la caballería, Sean McGlynn, profesor de la Universidad de Bristol, nos descubre en este libro la salvaje realidad de la guerra en la Edad Media: una realidad de trato brutal contra soldados y civiles, de …
En la cub.: "One of the most important technological developments of the Middle Ages was the adoption of gunpowder weapons in medieval Europe. From the fourteenth century onwards, this new technology was to eventually transform the conduct of warfare beyond all recognition with …
