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[This] substantial book...makes an important and stimulating
contribution. MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY Warfare in Europe in the middle
ages underwent a marked change of emphasis as urban life expanded.
The concentration of wealth represented by a city was a valuable
objective, and the static nature of a siege was infinitely
preferable to the uncertainties of campaign. As the incidence of
sieges increased, so pitched battles declined. The studies in this
book, intended for specialists as well as general readers, follow
the history of siege warfare, exploringthe urban milieu within
which it developed, and the evolution of siege technology up to the
advent of gunpowder weaponry. The logistics of specific sieges,
from the Crusader kingdoms in the Near East and the Byzantine
Empire as well as medieval Europe, are also considered, with
evidence from literature, engineering, architecture and
cliometrics. IVY CORFIS is professor in the department of Spanish
and Portuguese at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; MICHAEL
WOLFE is professor in the department of history at Penn State
University, Altoona. Contributors: MICHAEL WOLFE, JAMES F. POWERS,
MICHAEL TOCH, DENYS PRINGLE, ERIC McGEER, PAUL E. CHEVEDDEN,
MICHAEL HARNEY, HEATHER ARDEN, WINTHROP WETHERBEE, KELLY DEVRIES,
MICHAEL MALLETT, BERT S. HALL.
The role of Canadian universities in selecting and training
officers for the armed forces is an important yet overlooked
chapter in the history of higher education in Canada. For more than
fifty years, the University of Toronto supported the largest and
most active contingent of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps
(COTC), which sent thousands of officer candidates into the regular
and reserve forces. Based on the rich fund of documents housed in
the university archives, Varsity's Soldiers offers the first
full-length history of military training in Toronto. Beginning with
the formation of a student rifle company in 1861, and focusing on
the story of the COTC from 1914 to 1968, author Eric McGeer seeks
to enlarge appreciation of the university's remarkable contribution
to the defence of Canada, the place of military education in an
academic setting, and the experience of the students who embodied
the ideal of service to alma mater and to country.
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