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Author | : Anna Comnena |
Publisher | : Royal Classics |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2020-12-29 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781774760727 |
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Anna Komnene describes the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, Emperor Alexios I. The text documents the Crusades and the conflicting perceptions of East and West in the early 12th century.
Author | : J. Hillaby |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2013-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 113730815X |
Download The Palgrave Dictionary of Medieval Anglo-Jewish History Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Using a wide range of rich original sources, this unique reference guide provides a remarkable picture of England's medieval Jewry. Following an extensive introduction, the dictionary includes illustrations, maps, and over 40 topographic, 30 biographic and 80 general entries, including texts of key legislation.
Author | : Mike Loades |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2016-08-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1472821629 |
Download The Composite Bow Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium BC, the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from nomadic tribal peoples such as the Huns, Turks and Mongols, to mighty empires such as the Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Arabs and Chinese. Offering high power and portability, the composite bow was an ideal cavalry weapon, though it was also used by infantry in open battle and as a siege weapon. In this important study, an expert on Eastern military technology tells the story of this extraordinary piece of military hardware; how it was made and how various cultures developed differing tactics for using it. He explains why the composite bow achieved such stunning successes and how it endured as a weapon of choice for thousands of years.
Author | : Douglas Miller |
Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780850452587 |
Download The Landsknechts Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Landsknechts were German mercenaries who served during the reigns of Maximilian I and Charles V in the sixteenth century. Having signed up, these Landsknechts were read a very detailed code of conduct, organized into companies, paid one month in advance, and sent into battle! Their major weapon was the pike, which could be up to 18 feet in length, but those whose duty it was to advance in the front line carried instead the fearsome Zweihänder; an enormous battle-sword around 66 inches in length! Douglas Miller describes in detail the organisation, tactics, weapons, uniforms and history of these remarkable soldiers.
Author | : Michael Psellus |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1979-09-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0141904550 |
Download Fourteen Byzantine Rulers Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This chronicle of the Byzantine Empire, beginning in 1025, shows a profound understanding of the power politics that characterized the empire and led to its decline.
Author | : Mike Loades |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 82 |
Release | : 2013-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782000860 |
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An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years' War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the English military ascendancy in the century after 1340. Capable of subjecting the enemy to a hail of deadly projectiles, the longbow in the hands of massed archers made possible the extraordinary victories enjoyed by English forces over superior numbers at Crécy and Poitiers, and remained a key battlefield weapon throughout the Wars of the Roses and beyond. It also played a leading role in raiding, siege and naval warfare. Its influence and use spread to the armies of Burgundy, Scotland and other powers, and its reputation as a cost-effective and easily produced weapon led to calls for its widespread adoption among the nascent armies of the American Republic as late as the 1770s.
Author | : Edward Gibbon |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 525 |
Release | : 2013-01-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1625584156 |
Download History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol 1 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Gibbon offers an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to tackle the subject. Most of his ideas are directly taken from what few relevant records were available: those of the Roman moralists of the 4th and 5th centuries.
Author | : Thalia Gouma-Peterson |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780815336457 |
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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Martin Kitchen |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 473 |
Release | : 2014-01-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 131786753X |
Download Europe Between the Wars Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Martin Kitchen’s compelling account of Europe between the wars sets the twenty-year crisis within the context of the profound sense of cultural malaise shared by many philosophers and artists, the economic crises that plagued a Europe ruined by war and the social upheavals caused by widespread unemployment and grinding poverty amid a noticeable improvement of living standards. This thoroughly revised edition, with completely new sections on intellectual, cultural and social history is richly illustrated with contemporary photographs. It is an up-to-date and lively account of a critical period of European history when the old world collapsed, the dictators offered seemingly exciting alternatives, and democracies were put to the supreme test. Written for undergraduate students studying 20th century European history, this new edition of a classic will challenge and provoke a deeper understanding of the interwar years.
Author | : André Raymond |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780674003163 |
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The extraordinary tapestry of Cairo's past and present comes vividly to life in this magisterial study by one of the top social historians of the Arab world. This deeply observed account shows Cairo from the glimmer of its beginnings in the Arab conquest of Egypt in 640 through its transformation into the modern center of Middle Eastern life today. 63 halftones. Maps & tables.