Barbarians, marauders, and infidels : the ways of medieval warfare / Antonio Santosuosso.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Boulder, Colo : Westview Press, c2004.Description: xiv, 344 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0813391539 (hardcover)
  • 9780813391533 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • U 37 .S25 2004
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Contents:
Pt. 1. The barbarian kingdoms. 1. Attila is dead : the early barbarian kingdoms -- 2. A double pestilence : Ostrogoths and Byzantines in Italy -- 3. The arrival of the Longobards -- 4. The Franks and the emergence of France -- Pt. 2. The Muslim empire. 5. God, his prophet, and war : the origins -- 6. The conquest of the Fertile Crescent : Muslims in Syria and Iraq -- 7. The Muslim strike into North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula -- Pt. 3. New invaders and the expansion of the west, 800-1300. 8. Armor, weapons, and soldiers -- 9. Protecting the borders against the new enemies : Vikings and Magyars -- 10. The Norman Conquest of England -- 11. The war against walls -- 12. The way of the masters : men on horseback -- 13. The way of the commoners : soldiers on foot -- 14. The Crusades, or God at war -- Pt. 4. The end of the Middle Ages, 1300-1453. 15. The Hundred Years War : a matter of contradictions and resilience -- 16. The Maid of Orl�eans and women at war -- 17. "Waging war gives me bread-- peace destroys me" -- 18. New weapons, new men, new ideas.
Summary: In a sequel to two earlier books about Medieval warfare, Santosuasso (emeritus history, U. of Western Ontario) covers the period from the end of the Roman Empire in the fifth century to the last stages of the Middle Ages in the 15th. He places the main changes in warfare and its motivations within their political, cultural, and social contexts. The chronology is arranged by country.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-332) and index.

Pt. 1. The barbarian kingdoms. 1. Attila is dead : the early barbarian kingdoms -- 2. A double pestilence : Ostrogoths and Byzantines in Italy -- 3. The arrival of the Longobards -- 4. The Franks and the emergence of France -- Pt. 2. The Muslim empire. 5. God, his prophet, and war : the origins -- 6. The conquest of the Fertile Crescent : Muslims in Syria and Iraq -- 7. The Muslim strike into North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula -- Pt. 3. New invaders and the expansion of the west, 800-1300. 8. Armor, weapons, and soldiers -- 9. Protecting the borders against the new enemies : Vikings and Magyars -- 10. The Norman Conquest of England -- 11. The war against walls -- 12. The way of the masters : men on horseback -- 13. The way of the commoners : soldiers on foot -- 14. The Crusades, or God at war -- Pt. 4. The end of the Middle Ages, 1300-1453. 15. The Hundred Years War : a matter of contradictions and resilience -- 16. The Maid of Orl�eans and women at war -- 17. "Waging war gives me bread-- peace destroys me" -- 18. New weapons, new men, new ideas.

In a sequel to two earlier books about Medieval warfare, Santosuasso (emeritus history, U. of Western Ontario) covers the period from the end of the Roman Empire in the fifth century to the last stages of the Middle Ages in the 15th. He places the main changes in warfare and its motivations within their political, cultural, and social contexts. The chronology is arranged by country.

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