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 Anglo-Saxons at war 800-1066
Anglo-Saxons at war 800-1066
Author: Paul Hill
Anglo-Saxons at war 800-1066
Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1848843690
2012
Format: EPUB
Pages: 224
Size: 4 Mb
Language: English

In the time of the great Anglo-Saxon kings like Alfred and Athelstan, Æthelred and Edmund Ironside, what was warfare really like – how were the armies organized, how and why did they fight, how were the warriors armed and trained, and what was the Anglo-Saxon experience of war? As Paul Hill demonstrates in this compelling new study, documentary records and the growing body of archaeological evidence allows these questions to be answered with more authority than ever before. His broad, detailed and graphic account of the conduct of war in the Anglo-Saxon world in the unstable, violent centuries before the Norman Conquest will be illuminating reading for anyone who wants to learn about this key stage of medieval history.

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 The Afterlife of the Roman City: Architecture and Ceremony in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
The Afterlife of the Roman City: Architecture and Ceremony in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Author: Hendrik W. Dey
The Afterlife of the Roman City: Architecture and Ceremony in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Cambridge University Press
2014
Format: PDF
Size: 10.3 Mb
Language: English

This book offers a new and surprising perspective on the evolution of cities across the Roman Empire in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages (third to ninth centuries AD). It suggests that the tenacious persistence of leading cities across most of the Roman world is due, far more than previously thought, to the persistent inclination of kings, emperors, caliphs, bishops, and their leading subordinates to manifest the glory of their offices on an urban stage, before crowds of city dwellers. Long after the dissolution of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, these communal leaders continued to maintain and embellish monumental architectural corridors established in late antiquity, the narrow but grandiose urban itineraries, essentially processional ways, in which their parades and solemn public appearances consistently unfolded. Hendrik W. Dey's approach selectively integrates urban topography with the actors who unceasingly strove to animate it for many centuries

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 The Serbs and Byzantium during the reign of Tsar Stephen Dusan (1331-1355) and his successors
The Serbs and Byzantium during the reign of Tsar Stephen Dusan (1331-1355) and his successors
Author: George Christos Soulis
The Serbs and Byzantium during the reign of Tsar Stephen Dusan (1331-1355) and his successors
Dumbarton Oaks Library and Collection
ISBN: 0884021378
1984
Format: PDF
Size: 47,1 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 353
George Christos Soulis unravels the sequence of events in [a] chaotic, relatively little understood, and crucial period, which is presented with clarity in this tour de force of research and organization. . . . This is a major contribution to the understanding of events that prevented either a consolidation of Byzantium and its survival or Serbian succession and the continuity of a variant of the Byzantine civilization.

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 The Devil's Horsemen. The Mongol Invasion of Europe
The Devil's Horsemen. The Mongol Invasion of Europe
Author: Chambers James
The Devil's Horsemen. The Mongol Invasion of Europe
Book Club Associates
1979
Format: PDF
Size: 10 mb
Language: English
Pages: 212

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 History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Dawn of Civilization : Earliest Times to 700 B.C
History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Dawn of Civilization : Earliest Times to 700 B.C
History of Civilizations of Central Asia: The Dawn of Civilization : Earliest Times to 700 B.C
Author: A. H. Dani
United Nations Educational
1993
Pages: 535
ISBN: 9231027190
Format: PDF
Size: 16 MB
Language English
Volume 1 of this UNESCO multi-volume series traces the history of man in this vast region from the Palaeolithic beginnings to circa 700 BC, when the foundations of the Achaemenian Empire were laid. The earliest history of man is evidenced and the food producing areas of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and the Indus Valley explored. The Bronze Age and the first signs of urbanization from the Indus to the Oxus are described as is the development of the nomadic pastoral tribes, such as the Aryans, whose history can be seen in proper perspective through archaeological evidence now available. A comprehensive first instalment for any enthusiast interested in the history and development of Asia.

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 Castles in Ireland: Feudal Power in a Gaelic World
Castles in Ireland: Feudal Power in a Gaelic World
Author: T.E. McNeill
Castles in Ireland: Feudal Power in a Gaelic World
Routledge
ISBN: 0415165377
2005
Format: PDF
Size: 25,2 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 280
The castles of Ireland are an essential part of the story of medieval Europe, but were, until recently, a subject neglected by scholars. A lord's power and prestige was displayed in the majesty and uniqueness of his castle. The remains of several thousand castles enable us to reconstruct life in Ireland during these crucial centuries.
Castles in Ireland tells the story of the nature and development of lordship and power in medieval Ireland. Ireland formed the setting to the interplay of the differing roles of competing lordships: English and Irish; feudal European and Gaelic; royal and baronial. Tom McNeill argues that the design of the castles contests the traditional view of Ireland as a land torn by war and divided culturally between the English and Irish.

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 The origins and development of the Ottoman-Safavid conflict
The origins and development of the Ottoman-Safavid conflict
Author: Adel Allouche
The origins and development of the Ottoman-Safavid conflict (906-9621500-1555)
K. Schwarz Verlag
1983
Format: PDF
Size: 68,4 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 202
The Ottoman-Safavid conflict is considered "within the framework of the entire geopolitical pattern of the Middle East and Transoxania at the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth rather than within the simplistic framework of Shi'ism versus Sunnism." Examines relations between three of the major Muslim powers of the time--Ottomans, Safavids, Mamluks--while touching upon issues related to the Uzbeks, Mughals, and Christendom where relevant. Begins with Ottoman relations with eastern Anatolian and Iranian tribes following the capture of Constantinople (1453) and the development of the Safaviya Sufi Order culminating with the coronation of Ismail I in 1501. The bulk of the work then focuses on Ottoman-Safavid relations from Ismail's accession to the Treaty of Amasya (1555), paying particular attention to events leading up to Selim I's defeat of the Safavids at Chaldiran (1514) and the repeated clashes between Shah Tahmasb and Sultan Sulayman that led to Amasya and the surrender of Arab Iraq to the Ottomans. Also given attention is Selim's conquest of the Mamluk Empire in 1517, an effort to prevent a Mamluk-Safavid alliance, and Ottoman concerns over repeated Shi'ite rebellions in Anatolia.

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 Crusader Castles
Crusader Castles
Crusader Castles
Cambridge University Press
Author: Hugh Kennedy
1994
Pages: 237
Format: PDF
Size: 11 mb
Language: English

This is a general account of the history and architecture of Crusader castles in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Tripoli and Principality of Antioch between 1099 and 1291, the years during which the Crusaders had a permanent presence on the Levantine coast. Extensive use is made of contemporary chronicles to show the reasons why castles were built and how they were used in peace and war. The book is fully illustrated by photographs, drawings and plans, and contains a comprehensive bibliography.

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 A History of War and Weapons, 449 to 1660
A History of War and Weapons, 449 to 1660
Author: A. V. B. Norman, Don Pottinger
A History of War and Weapons, 449 to 1660
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
1966
Format: PDF
Pages: 232
Language: English
Size: 28.6 MB

The subject was divided into nine chronological periods, beginning with the Anglo-Saxons, followed by the Normans, and then by single chapters on each of the four centuries, 12th to 15th, with the last three chapters on three half-centuries from 1500 to 1660. Within each of these nine chapters, the material is sub-divided into four parts concerned with military organization; arms and armour; tactics and strategy; and, finally, castles and cannon. Each paragraph or page is marked by an appropriate symbol to indicate which of: these four topics is being discussed at that point, so that the reader, if he wishes, could read a brief history of tactics from 449 to 1660 by reading only the passages in the nine chapters marked by the symbol "T". To assist this there are, in addition to the ordinary table of contents, four other tables of contents giving the pages for each of the four topics. The plan may sound rather artificial, but it is surprisingly successful, aided, as it is, by the numerous small but clear illustrations in two colors. Some of the weapons included are: sword, longbow, halberd, pike, battering ram, catapult, cannon, and the brass feathered gun arrow. The book also includes important battles, tournaments, jousts, Renaissance pageantry, the carousel (the mounted ballet), and the evolution of armor - each vividly portrayed in words and pictures.

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 The Price of Freedom A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present
The Price of Freedom A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present
Author: Piotr S. Wandycz
The Price of Freedom A History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the Present
Routledge
2001
ISBN: 0415254906
Format: PDF
Size: 3,2 МБ
Language: English
Pages: 352
The second edition of this distinguished book brings the history of the region up to date. It discusses the events of the post-communist decade of the 1990s and the problems resulting from the transition to democracy and market economy. Taking a thematic approach, the author explores such issues and controversies as the tension between the industrial developed West and the agrarian East, the rise of modern nationalism, authoritarianism and Communism.

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 The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great
The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great
Author: Paul Hill
The Viking Wars of Alfred the Great (Campaign Chronicles)
Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 184415758X
2008
Format: EPUB
Pages: 224
Size: 3 Mb
Language: English

In the spring of 878 at the Battle of Edington the tide of English history turned. Alfred's decisive defeat of Guthrum the Dane freed much of the south and west of England from Danish control and brought to a halt Guthrum's assault on Alfred's Wessex. The battle was the culmination of a long period of preparation by Alfred in the wilderness - a victory snatched from the jaws of catastrophic defeat. As such, this momentous turning point around which an entire nation's future pivoted, has given rise to legends and misconceptions that persist to the present day.

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 The Central Middle Ages Europe 950–1320
The Central Middle Ages Europe 950–1320
Author: composite authors
The Central Middle Ages Europe 950–1320
Oxford University Press
2006
Format: PDF
Language: English
Pages: 304
Size: 2,83 МБ

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 Byzantine Matters
Byzantine Matters
Author:Averil Cameron
Byzantine Matters
Princeton University Press; First Edition
2014
ISBN:0691157634
Format:epub
Size:3.57 Mb
Pages:184
Language:English

For many of us, Byzantium remains "byzantine"--obscure, marginal, difficult. Despite the efforts of some recent historians, prejudices still deform popular and scholarly understanding of the Byzantine civilization, often reducing it to a poor relation of Rome and the rest of the classical world. In this book, renowned historian Averil Cameron presents an original and personal view of the challenges and questions facing historians of Byzantium today.

The book explores five major themes, all subjects of controversy. "Absence" asks why Byzantium is routinely passed over, ignored, or relegated to a sphere of its own. "Empire" reinserts Byzantium into modern debates about empire, and discusses the nature of its system and its remarkable longevity. "Hellenism" confronts the question of the "Greekness" of Byzantium, and of the place of Byzantium in modern Greek consciousness. "The Realms of Gold" asks what lessons can be drawn from Byzantine visual art, and "The Very Model of Orthodoxy" challenges existing views of Byzantine Christianity.

Throughout, the book addresses misconceptions about Byzantium, suggests why it is so important to integrate the civilization into wider histories, and lays out why Byzantium should be central to ongoing debates about the relationships between West and East, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, and the ancient and medieval periods. The result is a forthright and compelling call to reconsider the place of Byzantium in Western history and imagination.

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 The mosaics of nea moni on Chios, vol 1
The mosaics of nea moni on Chios, vol 1
Author: Doula Mouriki
The mosaics of nea moni on Chios, vol 1
Commercial Bank of Greece
1985
Format: PDF
Size: 45.09 mb
Language: English

One of the three great 11th century monuments of Byzantine art, these mosaics are a valuable example of style and character found during this prosperous era of the Byzantine Empire.

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 The Medieval Archer
The Medieval Archer
The Medieval Archer
Author: Jim Bradbury
Boydell Press; New edition
2014
ISBN: 0851151949
Pages: 208
Language: English
Format: PDF
Size: 39 MB

It is a delight to read a book which recognises the importance of warfare in medieval times...also...discusses the changing role of the archer in medieval society. SIR STEVEN RUNCIMANThis book traces the history of the archer in the medieval period, from the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses. From a close study of early evidence, Mr Bradbury shows that the archer's role before the time of Edward I was an important but rarely documented one, and that his new prominence in the fourteenth century was the result of changes in development of military tactics rather than the introduction of the famous `longbow'. A second thread of the book examines the archer's role in society, with particular reference to that most famous of all archers, Robin Hood. The final chapters look at the archer in the early fifteenth century and then chronicle the rise of the handgun as the major infantry weapon at the bow's expense. JIM BRADBURY writes and lectures on battles and warfare in England and France in the middle ages.

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 Byzantine Armies 886-1118
Byzantine Armies 886-1118
Byzantine Armies 886-1118 (Men-at-arms 89)
Osprey Publishinf Ltd
2003
Format: Pdf
Size: 18 Mb
Language: English

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 The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Literature, 1485-1603
The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Literature, 1485-1603
The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Literature, 1485-1603
Author: Mike Pincombe (Editor), Cathy Shrank (Editor)
Oxford University Press
2009
ISBN: 978–0199205882
Format: pdf
Pages: 861
Size: 10 Mb
Language: English, English

This is the first major collection of essays to look at the literature of the entire Tudor period,
from the reign of Henry VII to death of Elizabeth I.
Written by experts from Europe, North America, and the United Kingdom,
the forty-four chapters in The Oxford Handbook to Tudor Literature recover
some of the distinctive voices of sixteenth-century writing, its energy,
variety, and inventiveness.

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 Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th-15th Centuries
Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th-15th Centuries
Author: David Nicolle
Forces of the Hanseatic League: 13th-15th Centuries
Osprey Publishing
Osprey Men-at-Arms 494
ISBN: 1782007792
2014
Format: PDF (e-book)
Pages: 50
Size: 3 Mb
Language: English

The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield. The League was formed to protect the economic and political interests of member cities throughout a vast and complex trading network. The League continued to operate well into the 17th century, but its golden age was between c.1200 and c.1500; thereafter it failed to take full advantage of the wave of maritime exploration to the west, south and east of Europe.

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 Time Frame AD 1300-1400 - The Age of Calamity
Time Frame AD 1300-1400 - The Age of Calamity
Author: Collective
Time Frame AD 1300-1400 - The Age of Calamity
Time-Life Books
1989
Format: PDF
Pages: 184
Language: English
Size: 33 MB

Surveys fourteenth-century world history in the eastern hemisphere.

Content:
The Hundred Year's War
The Rise of the Ottomans
The fury of the steppes
China's Brilliant dynasty.

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