Description
Product ID: | 9781849085038 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | IN |
Series: | Elite |
Title: | European Medieval Tactics (1) |
Subtitle: | The Fall and Rise of Cavalry 450–1260 |
Authors: | Author: Dr David Nicolle, Adam Hook |
Page Count: | 64 |
Subjects: | History, History, Land forces and warfare, Land forces & warfare |
Description: | Select Guide Rating "Medieval cavalry tactics: Europe AD 450-1250". Osprey''s elite title on the rise and fall of European medieval cavalry during an 800 year period. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire there was a decline in professional cavalry forces, and infantry dominated in the Germanic successor barbarian kingdoms. In the Carolingian and Norman periods from the 9th to the 11th centuries, under the impact of Viking, Saracen and Magyar advances, the cavalry arm gradually expanded from the small remaining aristocratic elite. Even so, the supposedly complete dominance of the knight in the 12th and 13th centuries is grossly exaggerated, as integrated cavalry and infantry tactics were nearly always the key to success. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2011-06-20 |