For medieval strategy and tactics there is nothing better than this
book. MILITARY HISTORY (US) La traduction integrale en
anglais...est la consecration internationale, bien tardive, d'un
grand classique du genre. MOYEN AGE Warfare is a major feature of
the history of the middle ages, but its study has often been the
province of amateurs; only recently have the technical details of
warfare and its organisation been subject to proper scholarly
investigation. Professor Verbruggen's major work, outstanding in
its field, applies rigorous standards in analysing often very
obscure surviving evidence, and reaches conclusions very different
from earlier generations of military historians. He begins by
analysing the sources for our knowledge of the military history of
the period, assessing their reliability: some chroniclers
exaggerate, others are careful observers or have access to official
records. There follows an examination of the constituent parts of
the medieval army, knights and footsoldiers, equipment and terms of
service, behaviour on the field, and psychology, before the
problematic question of medieval tactics is addressed through
analysis of accounts of a series of major battles. Strategy is
discussed in the context of these battles: whether to seek battle,
fight a defensive war, or attempt a war of conquest.Originally
published in Dutch in 1954, now translated and updated.J.F.
VERBRUGGENis a distinguished Belgian military historian of wide
experience. Prisoner of war, student, and a member of the
resistance movement during the second world war, he subsequently
obtained his Ph.D., with greatest distinction, for research into
warfare in the middle ages, and remained in the army as alecturer
at the Royal Military School in Brussels until in 1956 he went to
the Belgian Congo. He spent twenty years teaching in Africa,
retiring as Professor of History, University of Congo, and
University of Bujumbura (Burundi) in 1976.
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