1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455979303321

Titolo

Medieval warfare [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / edited by Maurice Keen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-280-44526-2

9786610445264

0-19-154252-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KeenMaurice <1933-2012.>

Disciplina

355/.0094/0902

Soggetti

Military art and science - History - Medieval, 500-1500

Electronic books.

Europe History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Chronological table of important dates and events": p. [301]-314.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-299) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Figures; List of Contributors; 1. Introduction: Warfare and the Middle Ages; I. PHASES OF MEDIEVAL WARFAR; 2. Carolingian and Ottonian Warfare; 3. The Vikings; 4. An Age of Expansion, c.1020-1204; 5. Warfare in the Latin East; 6. European Warfare, c.1200-1320; 7. The Age of the Hundred Years War; II. THE ARTS OF WARFARE; 8. Fortifications and Sieges in Western Europe, c.800-1450; 9. Arms, Armour, and Horses; 10. Mercenaries; 11. Naval Warfare after the Viking Age, c.1100-1500; 12. War and the Non-Combatant in the Middle Ages

13. The Changing Scene: Guns, Gunpowder, and Permanent ArmiesFurther Reading; Chronology; Illustration Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This richly illustrated book explores over seven hundred years of European warfare, from the time of Charlemagne to the end of the middle ages (c.1500). The period covered has a distinctive character in military history. It was an age when organization for war was integral to social structure, when the secular aristocrat was by necessity also a warrior, and whose culture was profoundly influenced by martial ideas. Twelve scholars, experts in their own fields, have contributed to this



finely illustrated book. It is divided into two parts. Part I seeks to explore the experience of war viewed chr

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458464803321

Titolo

Russia in transition : regional integration, media censorship and culture institutes / / edited by Feng-Yung Hu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-4438-6383-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

327.4705

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations

Russia (Federation) Economic conditions

Russia (Federation) Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART II; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT

Sommario/riassunto

Russia in Transition: Regional Integration, Media Censorship and Culture Institutes is an attempt to discuss the context of transition in the period of the last two decades in Russia, and give the panorama of Putin's ruling ideology in national and social development by examining his regional policy and media policy both diplomatically and domestically. Russia-China relations will be the crucial defining factor in terms of international security in the Asian-Pacific region and, as such, are d...