A comprehensive, illustrated history of medieval warfare, describing the weapons, military tactics, and campaigns from the eighth century to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Traces the history of weapons and warfare in the early, high or central, and late Middle Ages, covering the Germanic invaders, the feudal system, knights, the Hundred Years' War, and other topics.
Draws from historical events to tell the story of the military development of the knights of western Europe during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, discussing how they had to change in order to adapt to new technology on the battlefield and examining their code of chivalry.
Describes the weapons, wars, and ways of the barbarian warrior nations that swept through Europe from the fall of the Roman Empire to the high Middle Ages.
