TY - BOOK AU - Bennett,Matthew TI - The medieval world at war SN - 9780500251560 (hbk.) AV - D128 .M435 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Military history, Medieval KW - Military art and science KW - History KW - Medieval, 500-1500 KW - Kriegführung KW - swd KW - Europa N1 - "With 264 illustrations, 204 in color."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-262) and index; Introduction; Change and continuity in warfare; Matthew Bennett --; Byzantium against Persia and Islam, 530-750; James Howard-Johnson --; From barbarian kingdoms to the Carolingian empire, 500-850; Roy Boss --; New invaders of Christendom: Muslims, Vikings, Russians, Magyars and Normans, 800-1066; Matthew Bennett --; The revival of Latin Christendom and the crusades in the east, 1050-1250; John France --; Nomads triumphant: Mongols, Mamluks and the later crusades, 1250-1400; Timothy May --; The teutonic knights and the northern crusades, 1200-1450; William Urban --; The challenge to chivalry: longbow and pike, 1275-1475; Michael Prestwich --; The gunpowder revolution, 1300-1500; Michael Prestwich --; The Ottoman challenge: the conquest of Constantinople and military expansion in Europe, 1350-1550; Gábor Ágoston --; The wider world: warfare in India, China, Korea and Japan, 500-1500; T.A. Heathcote, Peter Lorge, Matthew Bennett and Karl Friday ER -