Donald J. Kagay Journal of Medieval Military History (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Journal of Medieval Military HistoryCondition: NewSubtitle: Volume VIIIISBN-10: 1843835967EAN: 9781843835967ISBN: 9781843835967Publisher: The Boydell PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/18/2010Description: A collection which highlights "the range and richness of scholarship on medieval warfare, military institutions, and cultures of conflict that characterize the field". History 95 [2010]The journal's hallmark of a broad chronological, geographic, and thematic coverage of the subject is underlined in this volume. It begins with an examination of the brief but fascinating career of an armed league of (mostly) commoners who fought to suppress mercenary bands and to impose a reign of peace in southern France in 1182-1184. This is followed by a thorough re-examination of Matilda of Tuscany's defeat of Henry IV in 1090-97. Two pieces on Hispanic topics - a substantial analysis of the remarkable military career of Jaime I "the Conqueror" of Aragon (r. 1208-1276), and a case study of the campaigns of a single Spanish king, Enrique II of Castile (r. 1366-79), contributingto the active debate over the role of open battle in medieval strategy - come next. Shorter essays deal with the size of the Mongol armies that threatened Europe in the mid-thirteenth century, and with a surprising literary description, dating to 1210-1220, of a knight employing the advanced surgical technique of thoracentesis. Further contributions correct the common misunderstanding of the nature of deeds of arms à outrance in the fifteenth century, and dissect the relevance of the "infantry revolution" and "artillery revolution" to the French successes at the end of the Hundred Years War. The final note explores what etymology can reveal about the origins of the trebuchet. Clifford Rogers is Professor of History, West Point Military Academy; Kelly DeVries is Professor of History, Loyola College, Maryland; John France is Professor of History at the University of Swansea. Contributors: John France, Valerie Eads, Don Kagay, Carl Sverdrup, Jolyon T. Hughes, L. J. Andrew Villalon, Will McLean, Anne Curry, Will SayersLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmContributor: Clifford J. Rogers (Edited by), Kelly DeVries (Edited by), John France (Edited by), Anne Curry (Contributions by), Carl Sverdrup (Contributions by), Donald J. Kagay (Contributions by), John France (Contributions by), Jolyon T. Hughes (Contributions by), L J Andrew Villalon (Contributions by), Valerie Eads (Contributions by), Will McLean (Contributions by), William Sayers (Contributions by)Genre: HistoryBook Series: Journal of Medieval Military HistoryTopic: Military HistoryItem Weight: 416gAuthor: Donald J. KagayRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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