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Paperback. Explores why mercenaries were employed to defend or expand territory before massed national armies existed. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages of b/w plates. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; HBW; JWXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Frontline Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848328549
- ISBN
- 9781848328549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
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.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Volume I
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631158868
- ISBN
- 9780631158868
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.35
€ 128.35
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBW; JWM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442604971
- ISBN
- 9781442604971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.97
€ 46.99
€ 44.97
paperback. This study offers a broad range of approaches to medieval society's understanding of mothering and the uses to which the practice and imagery of mothering could be assumed by females and males alike. Editor(s): Parsons, John Carni; Wheeler, Bonnie. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 402 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLC; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815336655
- ISBN
- 9780815336655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.48
€ 60.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, , black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings, diagram. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Hays (Nicolas) Ltd ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892541720
- ISBN
- 9780892541720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.92
€ 25.99
€ 25.92
Paperback. "Obscenity" is central to an understanding of medieval culture, and it is here examined in a number of different media. Editor(s): McDonald, Nicola (Lecturer in English and Medieval Studies,, University of York). Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBTB; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153505
- ISBN
- 9781903153505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.01
€ 37.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Macfarland, Joseph C.; Parens, Joshua. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 33. Weight in Grams: 904.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801476815
- ISBN
- 9780801476815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Medieval Political Philosophy: A Sourcebook (Agora Editions)
. Ed(S): Macfarland, Joseph C.; Parens, Joshu...
hardcover. Editor(s): Macfarland, Joseph C.; Parens, Joshua. Series: Agora Editions. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801449628
- ISBN
- 9780801449628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Paperback. This book interrogates our ideas about heterosexuality through examination of medieval romance narratives. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371112
- ISBN
- 9781349371112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Children have gone to school in England since Roman times. By the end of the middle ages, there were hundreds of schools, supporting a highly literate society. This book traces their history from the Romans to the Renaissance, showing how they developed, what they taught, how they were run and who attended them. Num Pages: 352 pages, 90 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1312.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300111026
- ISBN
- 9780300111026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. From Jericho to Troy, medieval Europe knew siege warfare as a tradition of antiquity. Long before the advent of city culture, rivaling civilisations had relied on siege tactics as a means of taking over fortified palaces, temples, and defensive walls. This book looks at the subject from every angle. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 ilustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626361409
- ISBN
- 9781626361409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.57
€ 16.99
€ 16.57
Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; HBLC1; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167864
- ISBN
- 9780231167864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.07
€ 46.99
€ 41.07
Paperback. A masterly synthesis and summary of the present state of knowledge and debates on various aspects of warfare in medieval Catholic Europe between 300 and 1500 AD. It provides a general overview of the subject, with chapters on the theory of warfare, military personnel, buildings and equipment, and the practice of warfare by land and sea. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333763315
- ISBN
- 9780333763315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.59
€ 57.59
Paperback. From the eighth century through the Middle Ages feudalism determined the nature of European warfare. Medieval Warfare is full of recreations of famous events such as the Battle of Hastings and movements like the Crusades; with the brightest flowers of knighthood, and with the mercenary grandeur of Byzantium. Translator(s): Renfroe, Walter J., Jr. Num Pages: 712 pages, Maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; HBT; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 712
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803265851
- ISBN
- 9780803265851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. A comprehensive sourcebook for the study of western Europe from the 5th to the 15th century. The era was one of immense diversity and openness to new ideas and outreach in areas ranging from technology to natural philosophy. Editor(s): Anderson, Roberta; Bellenger, Dominic Aidan. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415253093
- ISBN
- 9780415253093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Paperback. In this first of its kind book, Jessica Finley of the renowned medieval martial arts association, the Selohaar Fechtschule, guides the reader on a journey that begins with the historical background of Ott's wrestling and culminates in step-by-step instruction for practicing the techniques of this ancient fighting art. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; JWXZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- FreeLance Academy Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937439118
- ISBN
- 9781937439118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.30
€ 43.30
hardcover. An exploration of how the Middle Ages are manipulated ideologically in today's communication. Series: Medievalism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLC1; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844631
- ISBN
- 9781843844631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.00
€ 40.99
€ 39.00
Hardback. An accessibly-written survey of the origins and growth of the discipline of medievalism studies. Series: Medievalism. Num Pages: 229 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843924
- ISBN
- 9781843843924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80
€ 80.80
Hardback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789024717828
- ISBN
- 9789024717828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 255.44
€ 255.44
Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; HBLC1; JF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1975
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401013727
- ISBN
- 9789401013727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 249.66
€ 249.66