Italian Medieval Armies 1000-1300 (MAA Nr. 376)

48 S., Format: 18,5x24,8 cm, ca.40 s/w-Abb (Fotos u. Zeichnungen ), Karten, 8 Seiten mit Farbzeichnungen (Uniformierung) )englisch, Pb. - Aus dem Inhalt: Chronology, Northern and Central Italy (feudal armies: Horse, foot and labourers, scutiferi, bublici and zafones, papal forces, mercenaries, communal armeis: priede in service, pay and terms, commanders, unit organistion, raining and logistics, Corsica and Sardinia.) Southern Italy and Sicily (Sicily:Muslims, Normans, Hohenstaufens and Angevins, feudal armeis: the Lombard states-the Norman conquest-communal armies: town defence under Byzantines and Normans-attemted disarmament of the citizenry). Strategy and tactics : the importance of towns and roads, field tactics: surprise, combination of horse and foot etc. Fortification': city defences, rural defences, field fortifications, siege warfare, tower warfare within cities OSPREY MEN-AT-ARMS Vol. 376 Autor: D. Nicolle, Verlag: Osprey Publishing