Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West 450-900
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Deals with the relationship of society and social order to military life, raising, equipping, and maintaining of armies, strategy and campaign planning, and the conduct and use of battle to attain political and military objectives. The extensive notes themselves provide considerable additional material of interest..
-New York Military Affairs Symposium Review, Autumn 2003
Book Description
Warfare was an integral part of early medieval life. It had a character of its own and was neither a pale shadow of Roman military practice nor an insignificant precursor to the warfare of the central middle ages. This book recovers its distinctiveness, looking at warfare in a rounded context in the British Isles and Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the break-up of the Carolingian Empire.
In this work, Guy Halsall relates warfare to many aspects of medieval life, economy, society and politics. He examines the raising and organization of early medieval armies and looks at the conduct of campaigns. The survey includes the equipment of warriors and the horrific experience of battle as well as an analysis of medieval fortifications and siege warfare.
Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West 450-900
Warfare and Society in the Barbarian West 450-900,Guy Halsall,Routledge,0415239397,Asia - General,Europe, Western,History,History - Military / War,History, Military,History: World,Military - General,Military - Other,Military art and science,To 1500,World - General,Europe,European history: c 500 to c 1500,History / Asia,War & defence operations
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