TY  - BOOK
AU  - Koch,H.W.
TI  - Medieval warfare
SN  - 0135736005
PY  - 1978///
CY  - London
PB  - Prentice-Hall
KW  - Military art and science
KW  - Europe
KW  - History
KW  - Middle Ages
N1  - "[This book] is a comprehensive illustrated history of the way, why, and how war was fought from the fall of the Roman Empire through and including the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation"--Jacket; lncludes index; Contents: War and medieval warfare -- The Roman Empire and the rise of the barbarians -- The challenge from the East -- The European response 'feudalism' -- Siege techniques -- England and the feudal military system -- The social and military aspects of knighthood -- Siege and siegecraft fortifications -- The Crusades -- Teutonic Order -- Heraldry -- Transformation of warfare -- Cities in warfare -- Castle building techniques -- The Hussites -- The Condottieri and Mercenary Corps -- Professionalism -- Cannons and artillery -- Renaissance trends -- The peasant at war -- The New Age
ER  -