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Medieval Mercenaries: The Great Companies
Kenneth Fowler
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Description for Medieval Mercenaries: The Great Companies
Hardback. This is the first book devoted exclusively to the history of 'The Great Companies', an assembly of mercenaries drawn from different European countries who came together to fight in the second half of the 14th century, sometimes in the employ of kings, the pope, princes or city republics, but frequently fighting on their own account. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HBW; JWXN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
This is the first book devoted exclusively to the history of 'The Great Companies', an assembly of mercenaries drawn from different European countries who came together to fight in the second half of the 14th century, sometimes in the employ of kings, the pope, princes or city republics, but frequently fighting on their own account.
This is the first book devoted exclusively to the history of 'The Great Companies', an assembly of mercenaries drawn from different European countries who came together to fight in the second half of the 14th century, sometimes in the employ of kings, the pope, princes or city republics, but frequently fighting on their own account.
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
737g
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631158868
SKU
V9780631158868
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99-50
About Kenneth Fowler
Kenneth Fowler, FRHS, is Professor Emeritus and Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of The Age of Plantagenet and Valois (1967) and The King's Lieutenant: Henry of Grosmont, First Duke of Lancaster 1310-1361 (1969), edited and contributed to The Hundred Years War (1971), and in recent years has written a large number of articles dealing ... Read more
Reviews for Medieval Mercenaries: The Great Companies
This book will surely stand as the standard history of the companies for generations to come American Historical Review end
> Fowler provides a thoroughly researched ... examination of military politics. CHOICE If readers desire the details of a ten year period in which mercenary companies conducted a reign of terror west of the Rhine and north ... Read more
> Fowler provides a thoroughly researched ... examination of military politics. CHOICE If readers desire the details of a ten year period in which mercenary companies conducted a reign of terror west of the Rhine and north ... Read more