The History Of Weapons And Warfare - The Middle Ages
by Don Nardo /
2002 / English / PDF
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The colorful, chaotic, and deadly warfare of the medieval era comes
to life in this information-packed volume. Armored knights, massed
archers armed with crossbows and longbows, sieges of castles using
scaling adders and catapults, phalanxes of pikemen, early cannons
and hand-held guns -- all are explored in detail, with frequent
quotes by contemporary sources and modern scholars.
The colorful, chaotic, and deadly warfare of the medieval era comes
to life in this information-packed volume. Armored knights, massed
archers armed with crossbows and longbows, sieges of castles using
scaling adders and catapults, phalanxes of pikemen, early cannons
and hand-held guns -- all are explored in detail, with frequent
quotes by contemporary sources and modern scholars.
