Medieval Warfare in Manuscripts Contributor(s): Porter, Pamela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802084001 ISBN-13: 9780802084002 Publisher: University of Toronto Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: October 2000 Click for more in this series: Medieval Life in Manuscripts |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Western Europe - General |
Dewey: 355.009 |
LCCN: 2001265608 |
Lexile Measure: 1510(Not Available) |
Series: Medieval Life in Manuscripts |
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6.97" W x 9.7" L (0.40 lbs) 64 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Features: Illustrated |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 150 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The glamour associated with knights in shining armour, colourful tournaments and heroic deeds appeal strongly to the modern imagination. However, few pieces of military dress and equipment have survived to provide direct insight into the way that war was waged in the Middle Ages. For a comprehensive view of the nature of medieval warfare we rely on written documentation and the information preserved in paintings, sculptures, carvings, and other pictorial sources. The most numerous by far of these are the miniatures and drawings found in manuscript books, partly because books tend to survive better that other artefacts and partly because many individual volumes contain multiple representations. Pamela Porter presents and describes a variety of evocative manuscript illuminations in an effort to reveal them as a source of information about military dress, equipment, and practices. |
Contributor Bio(s): Porter, Pamela: - Pamela Porter is a Curator of German and Scandinavian Manuscripts at The British Library. |
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