Mercenaries to Conquerors: Norman Warfare in the Eleventh and Twelfth-Century Mediterranean
ISBN: 9781473828476 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When a band of Norman adventurers arrived in southern Italy to fight in the Lombard insurrections against the Byzantine empire in the early 1000s, few would have predicted that within a generation these men would have seized control of Apulia, Calabria and Sicily. How did they make such extraordinary gains and then consolidate their power? Paul Brown, in this thoroughly researched and absorbing study, seeks to answer these questions and throw light onto the Norman conquests across the Mediterranean. Throughout he focuses on the military side of their progress, as they advanced from...
When a band of Norman adventurers arrived in southern Italy to fight in the Lombard insurrections against the Byzantine empire in the early 1000s, few...
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133,09 zł |
The Field of Blood: The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East
ISBN: 9780465096695 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A history of the 1119 Battle of the Field of Blood, which decisively halted the momentum gained during the First Crusade and decided the fate of the Crusader states.
A history of the 1119 Battle of the Field of Blood, which decisively halted the momentum gained during the First Crusade and decided the fate of the C...
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117,12 zł |
Britain in the Age of Arthur: A Military History
ISBN: 9781473895201 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Are the legends based on a real historical figure or pure mythological invention? Ilkka Syvanne's study breaks new ground, adopting a novel approach to the sources by starting with the assumption that Arthur existed and that Geoffrey of Monmouth's account has preserved details of his career that are based on real events. He then interprets these by using 'common sense' and the perspective of a specialist in late Roman military history to form a probable picture of what really happened during the period (roughly AD...
King Arthur is one of the most controversial topics of early British history. Are the legends based on a real historical figure or pure mythological i...
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133,09 zł |
Longbowman vs Crossbowman: Hundred Years' War 1337-60
ISBN: 9781472817617 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For centuries, the crossbow had dominated the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War they came up against a more powerful foe. To master the English longbow was a labor of years, requiring far greater skill to use than the crossbow, but it was much more flexible and formidable, striking fear into French men-at-arms and cavalry. This study examines three battles: Sluys (1340), Crecy (1346) and Poitiers (1356), and shows how the use of the longbow... For centuries, the crossbow had dominated the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the... |
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79,80 zł |
Viking Warrior vs Anglo-Saxon Warrior: England 865–1066
ISBN: 9781472818324 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the two centuries before the Norman invasion of England, Anglo-Saxon and Viking forces clashed repeatedly in battle, with mixed success for both sides. After the Vikings defeated three out of the four great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and came close to defeating the fourth in the 860s and 870s, they conquered and settled large areas of England. The surviving West Saxon kingdom in turn conquered the Viking settlements in England to create the first unified English kingdom in the mid-10th century, before a new wave of Viking raids led to the Danish conquest of England in 1016. Fifty years later... In the two centuries before the Norman invasion of England, Anglo-Saxon and Viking forces clashed repeatedly in battle, with mixed success for both... |
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82,17 zł |
The Hundred Years War, Volume 4: Cursed Kings
ISBN: 9780812223880 / Angielski / Miękka / 928 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jonathan Sumption's Cursed Kings is the eagerly anticipated fourth volume in what Allan Massie has called -one of the great historical works of our time.- Cursed Kings tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed and violence of his family. In the early fifteenth century France, Europe's strongest and most populous state, suffered a complete internal collapse. As the warring parties within fought for the spoils of the kingdom under the vacant gaze of the mad King Charles VI, the country was left at the mercy of one of the most... Jonathan Sumption's Cursed Kings is the eagerly anticipated fourth volume in what Allan Massie has called -one of the great historical works... |
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379,68 zł |
Game of Thrones and the Medieval Art of War
ISBN: 9780786499700 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels and HBO's Game of Thrones series depict a medieval world at war. But how accurate are they? The author, an historian and medieval martial arts expert, examines in detail how authentically Martin's fictional world reflects the arms and armor, fighting techniques and siege warfare of the Middle Ages. Along the way, he explores the concept of -medievalism---modern pop culture's idea of the Middle Ages.
George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels and HBO's Game of Thrones series depict a medieval world at war. But how accurate are...
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124,43 zł |
An Introduction to the Crusades
ISBN: 9781442600232 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Introduction to the Crusades, part of the Companions to Medieval Studies series, is an accessible guide to studying the complex history of the Crusades. The book begins by defining the Crusades, giving the political and social context of Byzantium, Western Europe, the Islamic States, and Jewish communities to set the scene for crusading from the eleventh century to the end of the medieval period. It then immerses the reader in the logistics of crusading and the day-to-day life of a crusader, explaining arms and armor, strategy and tactics, and siege warfare.... An Introduction to the Crusades, part of the Companions to Medieval Studies series, is an accessible guide to studying the comple... |
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138,36 zł |
Sir Charles Oman's Castles
ISBN: 9781783313105 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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189,11 zł |
Flowers of Battle The Complete Martial Works of Fiore dei Liberi Vol 1: Historical Overview and the Getty Manuscript
ISBN: 9781937439187 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First in new four-part series presenting full-colour facsimiles, transcriptions and translations of the early 15th-century manuscripts by Fiore dei Libere The Flower of Battle, considered to be the father of Italian swordsmanship. Includes chapters on his life, students, patrons, and arms and armour in the Getty Manuscript. 190 illus., 90 in col.
First in new four-part series presenting full-colour facsimiles, transcriptions and translations of the early 15th-century manuscripts by Fiore dei Li...
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639,45 zł |
Woodward & Burnett's complete TREATISE ON HERALDRY BRITISH & FOREIGN
ISBN: 9781783312801 / Angielski / Miękka / 1014 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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491,66 zł |
In In Distant Lands: A Short History of the Crusades
ISBN: 9781909979505 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,43 zł |
The Thirteenth Century: A World History
ISBN: 9781476671857 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 13th Century (1200-1300AD) was a fascinating era in World History. Genghis Khan established the largest contiguous land empire in history. The Magna Carta was drafted. Marco Polo travelled through Asia and European influence expanded across the Indian Ocean and Baltic Sea, setting the stage for greater expansion in the 15th century. The Native Americans of Cahokia, Mesoamerica and the Chimor State flourished while Mali, Ethiopia and Great Zimbabwe spread across Sub-Saharan Africa. This world history chronicles the important events in this pivotal century, while exploring many of the...
The 13th Century (1200-1300AD) was a fascinating era in World History. Genghis Khan established the largest contiguous land empire in history. The Mag...
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301,48 zł |
A Short History of the Hundred Years War
ISBN: 9781788311380 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history.
The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history.
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75,81 zł |
Campaldino 1289: The battle that made Dante
ISBN: 9781472831286 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,80 zł |
The Knights Templar at War 1120-1312
ISBN: 9781473874923 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In-depth assessment of the Knights Templar and their contribution to crusading warfare
In-depth assessment of the Knights Templar and their contribution to crusading warfare
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133,09 zł |
A Short History of the Hundred Years War
ISBN: 9781788311373 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history.
The conflict that swept over France from 1337 to 1453 remains the longest military struggle in history.
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480,45 zł |
Badon and the Early Wars for Wessex, circa 500 to 710
ISBN: 9781526733573 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Re-assesses the campaigns by which southern England came under Anglo-Saxon rule and Wessex was founded.
Re-assesses the campaigns by which southern England came under Anglo-Saxon rule and Wessex was founded.
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106,42 zł |
Medieval Combat in Colour: A Fifteenth-Century Manual of Swordfighting and Close-Quarter Combat
ISBN: 9781784382858 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First publication of a rare, full colour edition
First publication of a rare, full colour edition
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128,46 zł |
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream: The Crusades, Apocalyptic Prophecy, and the End of History
ISBN: 9780190274207 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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178,73 zł |