MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN ARMIES (MEN-AT-ARMS)

WISE, TERENCE (1975) MEDIEVAL EUROPEAN ARMIES (MEN-AT-ARMS). COLOUR PLATES BY GERRY EMBLETON. OXFOR: OSPREY. DE 25X18 CM. COM 40 PÁGS., [8] PP. ILUST. B.

Almost continual warfare raged in Europe during the period 1300-1500. These wars were the furnaces in which many of the modern European nations were forged. Parallel with this emergence of the nation’s came the development of national armies to protect the newly-won borders and independence, yet throughout this period the old feudal method of raising an army persisted. This fascinating study by Terence Wise explores the organisation, weapons and equipment of the armies who fought across medieval Europe, from the Hundred Years War to the fight against the Moors in Spain and the French invasion of Italy.

Ilustrada a negro e a cores, esta obra retrata os combatentes e armas dos guerreiros medievais.