A history of the evolution of military technology among knights in Renaissance Europe from the fifteenth century to the seventeenth century.
The Art of Renaissance Warfare tells the story of the knight during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries—from the great victories of Edward III and the Black Prince to the fall of Richard III on Bosworth Field.
During this period, new technology on the battlefield posed deadly challenges for the mounted warrior; but they also stimulated change, and the knight moved with the times. Having survived the longbow devastation at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, he emerged triumphant, his armor lighter and more effective, and his military skills indispensable.
This was the great age of the orders of chivalry and the freemasonry of arms that bound together comrades and adversaries in a tight international military caste. Men such as Bertrand du Guesclin and Sir John Chandos loom large in the pages of this book—bold leaders and brave warriors, imbued with these traditions of chivalry and knighthood. How their heroic endeavors and the knightly code of conduct could be reconciled with the indiscriminate carnage of the “chevauchee” and the depredations of the “free companies” is one of the principal themes of this informative and entertaining book.
© 2018 Frontline Books (ספר דיגיטלי ): 9781526713773
תאריך הוצאה
ספר דיגיטלי : 30 בינואר 2018
תגיות
A history of the evolution of military technology among knights in Renaissance Europe from the fifteenth century to the seventeenth century.
The Art of Renaissance Warfare tells the story of the knight during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries—from the great victories of Edward III and the Black Prince to the fall of Richard III on Bosworth Field.
During this period, new technology on the battlefield posed deadly challenges for the mounted warrior; but they also stimulated change, and the knight moved with the times. Having survived the longbow devastation at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, he emerged triumphant, his armor lighter and more effective, and his military skills indispensable.
This was the great age of the orders of chivalry and the freemasonry of arms that bound together comrades and adversaries in a tight international military caste. Men such as Bertrand du Guesclin and Sir John Chandos loom large in the pages of this book—bold leaders and brave warriors, imbued with these traditions of chivalry and knighthood. How their heroic endeavors and the knightly code of conduct could be reconciled with the indiscriminate carnage of the “chevauchee” and the depredations of the “free companies” is one of the principal themes of this informative and entertaining book.
© 2018 Frontline Books (ספר דיגיטלי ): 9781526713773
תאריך הוצאה
ספר דיגיטלי : 30 בינואר 2018
תגיות
היכנסו לעולם אינסופי של סיפורים
דירוג כולל מבוסס על דירוגי 1
מעורר השראה
סוחף
מעורר מחשבה
הורד את האפליקציה כדי להצטרף לשיחה ולהוסיף ביקורות.
עִברִית
ישראל