02989nam 22006254a 450 991045863960332120200520144314.01-134-55388-91-281-10081-197866111008100-203-93007-X(CKB)1000000000402380(EBL)331025(OCoLC)476130083(SSID)ssj0000269068(PQKBManifestationID)11246490(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269068(PQKBWorkID)10243244(PQKB)11223211(MiAaPQ)EBC331025(Au-PeEL)EBL331025(CaPaEBR)ebr10205140(CaONFJC)MIL110081(EXLCZ)99100000000040238020020829d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWarfare and society in the barbarian West, 450-900[electronic resource] /Guy HalsallLondon ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (341 p.)Warfare and historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-23940-0 0-415-23939-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index.BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; MAP; 1 WARFARE AND VIOLENCE IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES; 2 WARFARE AND SOCIETY; 3 RAISING AN ARMY (1): POST-ROMAN EUROPE; 4 RAISING AN ARMY (2): THE CAROLINGIAN WORLD; 5 RAISING AN ARMY (3): ALLIES, MERCENARIES AND TRAINING THE TROOPS; 6 RAISING AN ARMY (4): THE SIZE OF ARMIES; 7 CAMPAIGNING; 8 WEAPONRY AND EQUIPMENT; 9 BATTLE; 10 FORTIFICATION AND SIEGE WARFARE; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX: MILITARY ACTIVITY IN THE FRANKISH REALMS, 581-90; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXGuy Halsall relates warfare to many aspects of medieval life, economy, society and politics.This book recovers its distinctiveness, looking at warfare in a rounded context in the British Isles and Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the break-up of the Carolingian Empire.Examining the raising and organization of early medieval armies and looks at the conduct of campaigns, the survey also includes a study of the equipment of warriors and the horrific experience of battle as well as an analysis of medieval fortifications and siege warfare.Warfare and SocieWarfare and history.Military art and scienceEuropeHistoryTo 1500EuropeHistory, MilitaryTo 1500Electronic books.Military art and scienceHistory355/.0094/090215.70bclHalsall Guy472977MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458639603321Warfare and society in the Barbarian West1126512UNINA