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Weapons and warcraft / Margaux Baum and Paul Hilliam.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Life in the Middle AgesPublisher: New York City : Rosen Publishing, [2017]Description: 64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781499464726 (library bound)
  • 149946472X (library bound)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Warfare and weapons -- Knights and medieval conflict -- Tools for war -- Warcraft -- Famous medieval battles and campaigns -- Castles and siege tactics -- Glossary.
Summary: Beyond the chivalry and adventure often presented in fictional works, the medieval era was marked by frequent military conflict. The tools for war employed by soldiers, knights, archers, and other combatants on the battlefield and in bloody sieges are richly rendered in this book. This title explores the use of cavalry, castle fortifications, and military tactics, and it is illustrated with imagery sure to underscore the immediacy and harshness of conflict. Readers will be drawn in by the romance and adventure of the era, even as the book soberly relates the very real circumstances of brutal medieval warfare. Detailed Table of Contents, Full-Color Images, Glossary, Index, Sidebars, Further Reading List, List of Organizations, Websites.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 355.0209 B347 Available 33111008834885
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Beyond the chivalry and adventure often presented in fictional works, the medieval era was marked by frequent military conflict. The tools for war employed by soldiers, knights, archers, and other combatants on the battlefield and in bloody sieges are richly rendered in this book. This book explores the use of cavalry, castle fortifications, and military tactics, and it is illustrated with imagery sure to underscore the immediacy and harshness of conflict. Readers will be drawn in by the romance and adventure of the era, even as the book soberly relates the very real circumstances of brutal medieval warfare.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Warfare and weapons -- Knights and medieval conflict -- Tools for war -- Warcraft -- Famous medieval battles and campaigns -- Castles and siege tactics -- Glossary.

Beyond the chivalry and adventure often presented in fictional works, the medieval era was marked by frequent military conflict. The tools for war employed by soldiers, knights, archers, and other combatants on the battlefield and in bloody sieges are richly rendered in this book. This title explores the use of cavalry, castle fortifications, and military tactics, and it is illustrated with imagery sure to underscore the immediacy and harshness of conflict. Readers will be drawn in by the romance and adventure of the era, even as the book soberly relates the very real circumstances of brutal medieval warfare. Detailed Table of Contents, Full-Color Images, Glossary, Index, Sidebars, Further Reading List, List of Organizations, Websites.

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