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Medieval warfare : triumph and domination in the wars of the middle ages / Peter Reid.

by Reid, Peter.

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New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2007.

Military art and science -- Great Britain -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500.

Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453.

Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1066-1485.

Great Britain -- History -- Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0738/2007297197-d.html

xii, 564 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

1st Carroll & Graf ed.

Pt. 1. Background. The nation -- Preparing for war -- The army at war -- The war at sea, the ships and their crews -- pt. 2. The war in the north. The Bannockburn and Weardale campaigns -- The Battle of Halidon Hill -- The Battle of Neville's Cross and the capture of a king -- pt. 3. The Hundred Years' War. The Crécy campaign -- The Siege of Calais -- The Battle of Poitiers and a king ransomed -- The Rheims campaign and the prince in Spain -- The tyrant and the usurper -- The Agincourt campaign -- The Conquest of Normandy -- The rise of Bedford and Talbot -- The two kings of France -- The loss of Normandy and Aquitaine -- pt. 4. The Wars of the Roses. Favouritism and patronage -- The Battle of Towton -- Edward flees and returns -- The Battle of Bosworth Field -- Postscript -- Appendix: Short biographies of prominent names.

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