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Libri antichi e moderni

Author: David Nicolle, Illustrated By: Adam Hook

European Medieval Tactics (2). New Infantry, New Weapons 1260–1500

Osprey Publishing 2011,

18,95 €

Medievale Libreria

(Pavia, Italia)

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ISBN
9781849087391
Autore
Author: David Nicolle, Illustrated By: Adam Hook
Editori
Osprey Publishing 2011
Soggetto
Militaria-Cavalleria

Descrizione

64 pages. Illustrations. Paperback. Gr 200. Collana: Elite, 189. Publisher's description: With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spearmen, circumstance began to arise in which the charge by Muslim horse-archers, and then by European armoured knights, could be defied. Infantry were far cheaper and easier to train than knights, and potentially there were far more of them. Tactics emerged by which more numerous and more varied infantry played an increasing part in battles. This book traces these and other examples of this 'jerky' and uneven process through its regional differences, which were invariably entwined with parallel cavalry developments - the balanced army of 'mixed arms' was always the key to success. By the time serious hand-held firearms appeared on battlefields in large numbers in about 1500, the face of medieval warfare had been transformed.