The book of the medieval knight /
Stephen Turnbull.
- 1st American ed.
- New York : Crown Publishers, 1985.
- 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [189].
1. A New Arthur. The Heir to Misfortune -- The Weardale Campaign -- Dupplin Moor -- The Siege of Berwick -- The Battle of Halidon Hill. 2. King of England, King of France. Homage for Gascony -- The French Succession -- The Brittany Adventure -- The First Battle. 3. The Practice of War. The Raising of Armies -- The Road to Total War -- Battle of Crecy -- The Year of Victories -- The Power of the Bow -- Knights in Armour. 4. A King's Ransom. The Knight and Discipline -- The Tenets of Chivalry -- An Ideal World -- The Relief of Aquitaine -- Battle of Poitiers. 5. The Lion and the Eagle. Du Guesclin's Early Life -- The Knighthood of du Guesclin -- The Siege of Rennes -- The Absence of Peace -- Cocherel -- Battle of Auray -- The Curse of the Free Companies -- The Spanish Campaigns -- The Revival of France -- A Little Local Difficulty -- Du Guesclin's Farewell. 6. Onward Christian Soldiers. Knightly Honour -- Crusading, 14c Style -- The Crusaders in Lithuania -- Nicopolis -- Tannenberg, The Waterloo of the Teutonic Order. 7. The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The Rise of Lancaster -- The Revolt of Owain Glyndwr -- The Forgotten Invasion. 8. The Picardy Affair. Agincourt -- Henry's Normandy Invasion -- The Auld Alliance. 9. The Long, Losing War. Orleans -- The Coming of the Maid -- The Companions Fight On -- The End in Normandy -- Farewell to Aquitaine. 10. The War of the Old Men. York and Lancaster -- The Raising of Armies -- The French Connection -- The Ludlow Incident -- The Old Soldiers Fade Away -- The End at Wakefield -- Armour in the Wars of the Roses. 11. The Sun in Splendour. The Battle of Mortimer's Cross -- St. Albans -- Towton, The Day of Reckoning -- The War in the North -- Castles and Sieges -- The Triumph of the Cannon -- Crossbows and Armour -- Neville versus York -- Tewkesbury, The Second Towton. 12. The Fall of Great Houses. Charles the Bold -- Edward's Invasion of France -- The Destruction of Burgundy -- A Crisis for York -- Richard III -- The End of Brittany -- The Triumph of the Knight.
Chronicles the development, tactics, weaponry, armor, and campaigns of medieval warfare and examines the influence of religion and chivalry and the military action of knights.
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