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Bloodied Banners: Martial Display on the Medieval Battlefield
Dr Robert W Jones
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Description for Bloodied Banners: Martial Display on the Medieval Battlefield
Hardback.
Groundbreaking reassessment of the role played by armour, weapons and heraldry in medieval warfare, showing their cultural as well as military significance. `A penetrating investigation of medieval martial display... The reader is struck by its originality, and by its sophisticated and critical interpretative engagement with historical and literary sources. Particularly notable is the author's subtle exploration of the function of armour: not only its practical role, but as a form of display... A refreshingly different approach to the world of the medieval combatant and his place within that "host of many colours" that was a medieval army, it adds ... Read more
Groundbreaking reassessment of the role played by armour, weapons and heraldry in medieval warfare, showing their cultural as well as military significance. `A penetrating investigation of medieval martial display... The reader is struck by its originality, and by its sophisticated and critical interpretative engagement with historical and literary sources. Particularly notable is the author's subtle exploration of the function of armour: not only its practical role, but as a form of display... A refreshingly different approach to the world of the medieval combatant and his place within that "host of many colours" that was a medieval army, it adds ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843835615
SKU
V9781843835615
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Ref
99-50
About Dr Robert W Jones
Robert W. Jones is Alumni Association Coordinator and tutor at Advanced Studies in England, an independent study abroad programme based in Bath, England. He is also a Visiting Scholar in History at Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania, and a Fellow of the ... Read more
Reviews for Bloodied Banners: Martial Display on the Medieval Battlefield
A good example of new, fruitful routes into the study of medieval warfare.
EUROPEAN REVIEW OF HISTORY
Provides a large amount of material for those interested in medieval military culture.
THE RICARDIAN
Engagingly readable and clear. [...] It will be useful for undergraduates and for more specialized audiences from a variety of fields, including literature and ... Read more
EUROPEAN REVIEW OF HISTORY
Provides a large amount of material for those interested in medieval military culture.
THE RICARDIAN
Engagingly readable and clear. [...] It will be useful for undergraduates and for more specialized audiences from a variety of fields, including literature and ... Read more