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The Medieval Fighting Man: Costume and Equipment 800-1500
Jens Hill
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Description for The Medieval Fighting Man: Costume and Equipment 800-1500
Paperback. In medieval times an individual often needed to defend his life, his family and his property. Mercenaries earned their living by hiring out their skills, while feudal noblemen regularly mustered their men-at-arms and their subordinate vassals and tenants to provide military service. This book tells the stories about medivieal times. Series: Europa Militaria Special. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour photographs. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; HBW; JWTU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 260 x 7. Weight in Grams: 338.
In medieval times an individual often needed to defend his life, his family and his property. Mercenaries earned their living by hiring out their skills, while feudal noblemen regularly mustered their men-at-arms and their subordinate vassals and tenants to provide military service, even to the point of leading them on Crusades to the Holy Land and elsewhere. In the later medieval period the growing cities required their citizens to take up arms as militia in defence of the community during times of external threat. In The Medieval Fighting Man - Europa Militaria Special No 18, meticulous use ... Read more
In medieval times an individual often needed to defend his life, his family and his property. Mercenaries earned their living by hiring out their skills, while feudal noblemen regularly mustered their men-at-arms and their subordinate vassals and tenants to provide military service, even to the point of leading them on Crusades to the Holy Land and elsewhere. In the later medieval period the growing cities required their citizens to take up arms as militia in defence of the community during times of external threat. In The Medieval Fighting Man - Europa Militaria Special No 18, meticulous use ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Europa Militaria Special
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785000096
SKU
V9781785000096
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-14
About Jens Hill
Jens Hill works in the defence industry and has been involved in re-enacting for over twenty years, with a special interest in the Roman, Viking and Medieval ages, as well as Cold War German forces. Jonas Freiberg studied medieval history at the Ruhr University and his interest in the Middle Ages brought him to re-enactment and sword-fencing in the 1990s, ... Read more
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