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Highlights "the range and richness of scholarship on medieval
warfare, military institutions, and cultures of conflict that
characterize the field". History 95 (2010) The latest collection of
the most up-to-date research on matters of medieval military
history contains a remarkable geographical range, extending from
Spain and Britain to the southern steppe lands, by way of
Scandinavia, Byzantium, and the Crusader States. At one end of the
timescale is a study of population in the later Roman Empire and at
the other the Hundred Years War, touching on every century in
between. Topics include the hardware of war, the social origins of
soldiers, considerations of individual battles, and words for
weapons in Old Norse literature. Contributors: Bernard S. Bachrach,
Gary Baker, Michael Ehrlich, Nicholas A. Gribit, Nicolaos S.
Kanellopoulos,Mollie M. Madden, Kenneth J. McMullen, Craig M.
Nakashian, Mamuka Tsurtsumia, Andrew L.J. Villalon
The theme of warfare as a collective enterprise investigated in the
theatres of both land and sea. From warhorses to the men-at-arms
who rode them; armies that were raised to the lords who recruited,
led, administered, and financed them; and ships to the mariners who
crewed them; few aspects of the organisation and logistics ofwar in
late medieval England have escaped the scholarly attention, or
failed to benefit from the insights, of Dr Andrew Ayton. The
concept of the military community, with its emphasis on warfare as
a collective social enterprise, has always lain at the heart of his
work; he has shown in particular how this age of warfare is
characterised by related but intersecting military communities,
marked not only by the social and political relationships within
armies and navies, but by communities of mind, experience, and
enterprise. The essays in this volume, ranging from the late
thirteenth to the early fifteenth century, address various aspects
of this idea. They offer investigations of soldiers' and mariners'
equipment; their obligations, functions, status, and recruitment;
and the range and duration of their service. Gary P. Baker is a
Research Associate at the University of East Angliaand a Researcher
in History at the University of Groningen; Craig L. Lambert is
Lecturer in Maritime History at the University of Southampton;
David Simpkin teaches history at Birkenhead Sixth-Form College.
Contributors: Gary P. Baker, Adrian R. Bell, Peter Coss, Anne
Curry, Robert W. Jones, Andy King, Craig L. Lambert, Tony K. Moore,
J.J.N. Palmer, Philip Preston, Michael Prestwich, Matthew Raven,
Clifford J. Rogers, Nigel Saul, David Simpkin.
The Little Book of Wales Rugby is the latest volume in this highly
successful series of sports-themed quotes books. Focusing on the
mots justes from the great players of the past 50 years. Includes
quotes from many Welsh rugby giants, plus from players, coaches,
journalists and fans from every era when the Welsh dragon was
rampant.
This book is a compilation of the United Nations Association USA
Student Chapters. Each Contributor give you their experience as
student members. They tell you from their perspective how the
UNA-USA Student Chapters has affected their lives personally, as
students and professionals! The writers of this book use the UN's
Millennium Goals and the Sustainability Development Goals to show
you how powerful the UNA is in the world.
This book is a compilation of the United Nations Association USA
Student Chapters. Each Contributor give you their experience as
student members. They tell you from their perspective how the
UNA-USA Student Chapters has affected their lives personally, as
students and professionals! The writers of this book use the UN's
Millennial Goals and the Sustainability Development Goals to show
you how powerful the UNA is in the world.
The conflict between England and France in the 14th and 15th
centuries never ceases to fascinate. This stimulating edited
collection, inspired by the Problems in Focus volume originally
published in 1971, provides a fresh and accessible insight into the
key aspects of The Hundred Years War. With chapters written by
leading experts in the field, based on new methodologies and recent
advances in scholarship, this book places the Anglo-French wars
into a range of wider contexts, such as politics, the home front,
the church, and chivalry. Adopting a sustained comparative
approach, with attention paid to both England and France, The
Hundred Years War Revisited provides a clear and comprehensive
synthesis of the major trends in research on the Hundred Years War.
Concise and thought-provoking, this is essential reading for
undergraduate and postgraduate students of medieval history.
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