Summary: Written by 12 scholars, this richly illustrated volume illuminates the medieval period, examining over 700 years of European conflict from the time of Charlemagne to the end of the Middle Ages (1500). 100 illustrations. The medieval period was a singular epoch in military history-an age profoundly influenced by martial ideals, whose very structure of society was organized for war, and whose...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1985
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westview Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.1 SANHilliam, Paul.
Summary: A discussion of the tactics and technology of warfare during the Middle Ages, including the tradition of personal combat, the use of armor, castles-and-siege weapons, and the dominance of the mounted knight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. Group 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.0094 HILKerr, Daisy.
Summary: An illustrated introduction to knights describing their duties, training, armor, weapons, methods of warfare, and place in medieval society.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.17 KERDonald, Angus.
Summary: ""A rip-roaring tale. full of twists and turns...A fast-moving, thoroughly enjoyable yarn." --Kirkus Reviews on King's Man Robert, Earl of Locksley, returns in the latest in Angus Donald's compelling historical novels, reimagining one of the most indelible figures in folklore--Robin Hood. King Richard I, the Lionheart, is engaged in a bloody war to drive the French out of Normandy. Using the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DONHill, Paul
Summary: "There are many books about the Knights Templar, the medieval military order which played a key role in the crusades against the Muslims in the Holy Land, the Iberian peninsula and elsewhere in Europe. What is seldom explored is the military context in which they operated, and that is why Paul Hill's highly illustrated study is so timely, for he focuses on how this military order prosecuted its...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pen & Sword Military 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 271 HILSummary: A look at the medieval politics and warfare of the Knights Templar, the most powerful, wealthy, and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages. With the encroaching historical and ruthless downfall of the Templar Order, season two focuses on power, redemption, revenge, betrayal, family, and an epic war between church and state. Hamill joins the cast as Talus, a battle-hardened Knight Templar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV KNIJohnson, Lonnie
Contents: Central Europe and the Roman Christian west, 400-1000 -- Feudal foundations, 1000-1350 -- The great late Medieval kingdoms: Poland and Hungary, 1350-1500 -- The Bulwarks of Christendom: religion and warfare, 1400-1550 -- The Counter-Reformation: the Roman Catholic church and the Habsburg dynasty triumphant, 1550-1700 -- Absolutism as enlightenment, 1700-1790 -- Nations without states, states...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 943.21 JOHDougherty, Martin J.
Summary: Describes modern-day military life at sea, including information on navies, warships, submarines, and the Coast Guard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2010
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Summary: This epic book brings to vivid life five powerful Norman queens, from Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, to the Empress Matilda, mother to King Henry II, founder of the Plantagenet dynasty. The lives of England's medieval queens were packed with tragedy, betrayal, love, warfare, adultery and mystery--but their stories are obscured by centuries of myth and prejudice against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017