{"product_id":"medieval-warfare-history-of-the-art-of-war-volume-3-paperback","title":"Medieval Warfare: History of the Art of War, Volume III - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHans Delbrück\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWalter J. Renfroe Jr\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the eighth century through the Middle Ages feudalism determined the nature of European warfare. \u003ci\u003eMedieval Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e begins in the time of Charlemagne, who maintained a military system of freemen and of vassals bound to him in service for lands granted in fief. These pages are crowded with recreations of famous events like the Battle of Hastings and movements like the Crusades; with the brightest flowers of knighthood, and with the mercenary grandeur of Byzantium. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHans Delbrück shows how feudal military organization varied in different countries and why the knightly forces could not hold up against the barbarous Normans. He studies military developments in the kingdoms that rose with the collapse of the Carolingian Empire, as well as the trend toward mercenary armies. When the Swiss peasants, forming the first true infantry, defeated the Burgundian knights in the fourteenth century, the era of modern warfare had begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the eighth century through the Middle Ages feudalism determined the nature of European warfare. Medieval Warfare begins in the time of Charlemagne, who maintained a military system of freemen and of vassals bound to him in service for lands granted in fief. These pages are crowded with re-creations of famous events like the Battle of Hastings and movements like the Crusades; with the brightest flowers of knighthood, and with the mercenary grandeur of Byzantium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition marks the first appearance in paperback of Walter J. Renfroe Jr.'s English translation of \u003ci\u003eMedieval Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e. The other three volumes of Delbrück's \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Art of War\u003c\/i\u003e were also translated by Renfroe and are available as Bison Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 712\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.69 x 9.14 x 5.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131248152711,"sku":"9780803265851","price":72.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/de1ff97a66001fc0b2919ba35469a347.webp?v=1732617534","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/medieval-warfare-history-of-the-art-of-war-volume-3-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}