Noble ideals and bloody realities : warfare in the middle ages /

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The contributions presented in this volume address several issues related to the topic of medieval warfare from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and examining a number of geographical regions. The contributors analyze social and economic issues, military strategy, technological and medical dev...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Christie, Niall, Yazigi, Maya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
Colección:History of warfare ; v. 37.
Temas:
500-1500
Military art and science > History > Medieval, 500-1500.
Military history, Medieval.
Art et science militaires > Histoire > 500-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Histoire militaire médiévale.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Military art and science > Medieval
Military history, Medieval
Oorlogvoering.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • NOTES ON ARABIC TRANSLITERATION AND REFERENCES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE. NOBLE IDEALS: PERCEPTIONS OF WARFARE
  • "COLLATERAL DAMAGE?"; CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN THE EARLY IDEOLOGIES OF CHIVALRY AND CRUSADE / David J. Hay
  • MEDIEVAL WARFARE AND THE VALUE OF A HUMAN LIFE / Kelly DeVries
  • RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN OR WAR OF CONQUEST? MUSLIM VIEWS OF THE MOTIVES OF THE FIRST CRUSADE / Niall Christie
  • PART TWO. BLOODY REALITIES: WAR IN PRACTICE
  • THINKING ABOUT CRUSADER STRATEGY / John France
  • THE TORTURE OF MILITARY CAPTIVES IN THE CRUSADES TO THE MEDIEVAL MIDDLE EAST / Piers D. Mitchell
  • HOLY WAR, ROYAL WIVES, AND EQUIVOCATION IN TWELFTH-CENTURY JERUSALEM / Deborah Gerish
  • ARMING THE ENEMY: NON-CHRISTIANS' ROLES IN THE MILITARY CULTURE OF THE CROWN OF ARAGON DURING THE RECONQUISTA / Paula R. Stiles
  • COMMUNAL PIRACY IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND'S CINQUE PORTS / David G. Sylvester
  • WARTIME CORRUPTION AND COMPLAINTS OF THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY / Ilana Krug
  • PART THREE. UNTO THE BREACH: RE-EXAMINING ISSUES IN MEDIEVAL AND MODERN MILITARY HISTORIOGRAPHY
  • THE MILITARY REVOLUTION AND THE EARLY ISLAMIC STATE / Hugh Kennedy
  • BYZANTIUM, THE RELUCTANT WARRIOR / Warren Treadgold
  • REYNALD OF CHÂTILLON AND THE RED SEA EXPEDITION OF 1182-83 / Marcus Milwright
  • INDEX.

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