The most dangerous arms in the world are those of horse and lance, because there is no means of stopping them, wrote a 15th-century commander, Jean de Bueil. From the fall of the Roman Empire to

Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages
- Greenwood Press
The most dangerous arms in the world are those of horse and lance, because there is no means of stopping them, wrote a 15th-century commander, Jean de Bueil. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the end of the 15th century, the men (and a few women in disguise) who reported for military service or who led other men, scouted and skirmished, plundered and burned. If they did not slaughter the peasants they met, they took them prisoner to be sold as slaves or ransomed at heavy cost. It was a brutal time. Rogers illuminates the history of medieval soldiers in wartime and in peacetime, describing the lives of those who attacked, and those who defended, the fortified castles, towns, and lands of Europe and beyond in the Middle Age.
Country USA
Brand By
Manufacturer Greenwood
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 1, black & white illustrations
ReleaseDate 2007-04-30
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780274974696

Soldiers' Lives through History - The Middle Ages