1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002948789707536

Autore

Portelli, Hugues

Titolo

Gramsci e il blocco storico / Hugues Portelli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bari : Laterza, 1973

Descrizione fisica

XIII, 189 p. ; 18 cm.

Collana

Tempi nuovi ; 64

Disciplina

335.4

Soggetti

Gramsci, Antonio

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Tit. orig.: Gramsci et le bloc historique

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154618703321

Autore

Bowlus Charles R.

Titolo

The battle of Lechfeld and its aftermath, August 955 : the end of the age of migrations in the Latin West / / Charles R. Bowlus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-89416-1

1-315-24114-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

943/.022

Soggetti

Lechfeld, Battle of, Germany, 955

Military history, Medieval

Germany History, Military

Hungary History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2006 by Ashgate.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Hungarian warfare -- 3. The reforms of Henry I in Saxony -- 4. Hungarians and the Latin West -- 5. The way to the Lechfeld -- 6. The way from the Lechfeld.

Sommario/riassunto

In August 955 a battle took place that effectively ended the incursions of steppe nomads into Western Europe. The forces of Otto the Great annihilated a huge army of Hungarian mounted archers in an encounter that is generally known as the battle of Lechfeld, a broad plain near Augsburg in southern Germany. Since even after a defeat these elusive warriors surely could have fled back to the Carpathian Basin to rebuild their strength and resume their raids, the total annihilation of the Hungarian army is mysterious. This book provides the first satisfactory explanation for the decisive nature of Otto's victory. Based on a detailed analysis of all contemporary, and often contradictory, sources, Bowlus provides a step-by-step reconstruction of the battle. This is preceded by chapters analysing the administrative and military reforms in tenth-century Germany, and the strengths and weaknesses of nomadic styles of warfare, in particular their archery, and setting out the historical context in which the battle occurred. A pioneering aspect of his research is the introduction of environmental factors, not only the limits they imposed on the expansion of the nomadic way of life into Europe, but also the impact the local environment had on the outcome of the battle.