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Medieval Military Technology

By: Kelly Robert DeVries,Kelly DeVries,Robert Douglas Smith

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Medieval Military Technology

By: Kelly Robert DeVries,Kelly DeVries,Robert Douglas Smith

This thorough update of a classic book includes fully revised content, new sections on the use of horses, handguns, incendiary weapons, and siege engines, and new illustrations.

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Medieval Military Technology, Second Edition

By: Kelly Robert DeVries,Robert Douglas Smith

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Medieval Military Technology, Second Edition

By: Kelly Robert DeVries,Robert Douglas Smith

First published in 1992, Medieval Military Technology has become the definitive book in its field, garnering much praise and a large readership. This thorough update of a classic book, regarded as both an excellent overview and an important piece of scholarship, includes fully revised content, new sections on the use of horses, handguns, incendiary weapons, and siege engines, and eighteen new illustrations. The four key organizing sections of the book still remain: arms and armor, artillery, fortifications, and warships. Throughout, the authors connect these technologies to broader themes and developments in medieval society as well as to current scholarly and curatorial controversies.

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1442604999

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Medieval Military Technology

By: Kelly Robert DeVries,Kelly DeVries,Robert Douglas Smith

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Medieval Military Technology

By: Kelly Robert DeVries,Kelly DeVries,Robert Douglas Smith

This thorough update of a classic book includes fully revised content, new sections on the use of horses, handguns, incendiary weapons, and siege engines, and new illustrations.

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Medieval Military Technology, Second Edition

By: Kelly Robert DeVries,Robert Douglas Smith

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Joan of Arc: A Military Leader

A Military Leader

By: Kelly DeVries

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Joan of Arc: A Military Leader

A Military Leader

By: Kelly DeVries

In 1428 a young girl from a small French village approached the royal castle of Vaucouleurs with a now famous tales. Heavenly voices, she said, had told her to seek out the Dauphin, Charles, so that he might give her an army with which to deliver France from its English occupiers. The ensuing tale of Joan's military success is told here in a gripping and authoritative narrative. Previous works have concentrated on the religious and feminist aspects of Joan's career; this is the first to address the vital issue of what it was that made her the heroine she became. Why did the soldiers of France follow a woman into battle when no trooper of the Hundred Years War had done so before, and how was she able to win? This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Middle Ages and teh phenomenon of the girl warrior.

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The History Press

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0752468340

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Joan of Arc: A Military Leader

By: Kelly Devries

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Joan of Arc: A Military Leader

By: Kelly Devries

In 1428 a young girl from a small French village approached the royal castle of Vaucouleurs with a now famous tale. Heavenly voices, she said, had told her to seek out the Dauphin, Charles, so that he might give her an army with which to deliver France from its English occupiers. The ensuing tale of Joan's military success is told here in a gripping and authoritative narrative. Previous works have concentrated on the religious and feminist aspects of Joan's career; this is the first to address the vital issue of what it was that made her the heroine she became. Why did the soldiers of France follow a woman into battle when no troops of the Hundred Years War had done so before, and how was she able to win? This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Middle Ages and the phenomenon of the girl warrior.

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Medieval Weapons

An Illustrated History of Their Impact

By: Robert D. Smith,Kelly DeVries

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Medieval Weapons

An Illustrated History of Their Impact

By: Robert D. Smith,Kelly DeVries

This fascinating reference covers the weapons and armor used by warriors from the 4th to the 15th century and discusses how and why they changed over time. In the Middle Ages, the lack of standardized weapons meant that one warrior's arms were often quite different from another's, even when they were fighting on the same side. And with few major technological advances in that period, the evolution of those weapons over the centuries was incremental. But evolve they ultimately did, bringing arms, armor, and siege weapons to the threshold of the modern era. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the beginnings of the Renaissance, Medieval Weapons: An Illustrated History of Their Impact covers the inexorable transformation from warrior in the mail shirt to fully armored knight, from the days of spears and swords to the large-scale adoption of the handgun. Medieval Weapons covers this fascinating expanse of centuries in chapters devoted to the early medieval, Carolingian, Crusade, and late medieval periods. Within each period, the book details how weapons and armor were developed, what weapons were used for different types of battles, and how weapons and armor both influenced, and were influenced by, changing tactics in battles and sieges.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216116479

Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century

Discipline, Tactics, and Technology

By: Kelly DeVries

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Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century

Discipline, Tactics, and Technology

By: Kelly DeVries

This book departs from the conventional view of the dominance of cavalry in medieval warfare, demonstrating the importance of infantry, and the nature of infantry tactics, through a detailed examination of 19 battles fought between 1302 and 1347.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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0851155715

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A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology

Updated 2003-2006

By: Kelly DeVries

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A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology

Updated 2003-2006

By: Kelly DeVries

This is the second update of "A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology," which appeared in 2002. It is meant to do two things: to present references to works on medieval military history and technology not included in the first two volumes; and to present references to all books and articles published on medieval military history and technology from 2003 to 2006. These references are divided into the same categories as in the first two volumes and cover a chronological period of the same length, from late antiquity to 1648, again in order to present a more complete picture of influences on and from the Middle Ages. It also continues to cover the same geographical area as the first and second volume, in essence Europe and the Middle East, or, again, influences on and from this area. The languages of these bibliographical references reflect this geography.

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BRILL

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9004164456

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9789004164451

Guns and Men in Medieval Europe, 1200-1500

Studies in Military History and Technology

By: Kelly DeVries

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Guns and Men in Medieval Europe, 1200-1500

Studies in Military History and Technology

By: Kelly DeVries

These articles are devoted to the two main aspects of medieval warfare: men and technology. Men fought, led, and ultimately killed in war, while the technology that they used facilitated these tasks. The first group of essays highlights human strengths in the fighting of medieval wars, with a focus on events of the 14th and 15th centuries, specifically the Anglo-French wars and wars against the Turks. A second group addresses the technological side of warfare, in particular the advent and proliferation of early gunpowder weapons which evolved rapidly during the late Middle Ages, although never replacing the role of men. The articles study various facets of this evolution, from the increased use and effectiveness of guns in battles, sieges, and naval warfare, to changes in their science and metallurgy, surgical treatment of wounds caused by them, and governmental centralization of the technology.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040243347

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9781040243343

Campaldino 1289

The battle that made Dante

By: Kelly DeVries,Niccolò Capponi

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Campaldino 1289

The battle that made Dante

By: Kelly DeVries,Niccolò Capponi

Campaldino is one of the important battles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines - the major political factions in the city states of central and northern Italy. It heralded the rise of Florence to a dominant position over the area of Tuscany and was one of the last occassions when the Italian city militias contested a battle, with the 14th century seeing the rise of the condottiere in Italy's Wars. In this highly illustrated new study, renowned medieval historians Kelly De Vries and Niccolò Capponi have uncovered new material from the battlefield itself, as well as using all the available sources, to breathe new life into this colourful and fascinating battle.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472831276

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The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy, 1363-1477

By: Robert Douglas Smith,Kelly DeVries

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The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy, 1363-1477

By: Robert Douglas Smith,Kelly DeVries

A major new exploration of the history and development of gunpowder weapons in the 15th century based on the artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy. The four Valois Dukes of Burgundy created, in little more than a century, a fabulously wealthy and independent state. Their centralised control and chancellery have bequeathed to us a vast treasure trove of documents, including accounts and inventories of the Masters of the artillery under the later Dukes. Although many of these were extracted and transcribed in the late nineteenth century, modern historians have largely ignored their unprecedented insights into fifteenth-century guns and their use. When Charles the Bold, the last Valois Duke, took on the combined Swiss confederate forces in 1476 he lost not just the battles and his personal fortune, but much of his artillerytrain as well. Of the dozens of cannons captured, at least 25 pieces survive in Swiss museums. The documents that survive from the Valois state give us, almost for the first time in medieval Europe, the ability to see the course of history in a period when Europe was undergoing some of the most profound changes before the 20th century. The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy is the first attempt to combine all these sources, bringing newand fresh insights into the development and use of artillery in the fifteenth century. Moreover this is the first modern study of medieval cannon, one of the most important discoveries of the post-classical world. KELLY DeVRIES has authored numerous books and articles on medieval warfare. ROBERT DOUGLAS SMITH formerly Head of Conservation in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, is an acknowledged expert on medieval artillery. This study is thefirst major fruit of their combined researches.

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1843831627

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Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century

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The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy, 1363-1477

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