Matthew Bennett (1) (1954–)
Autor(a) de Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics
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About the Author
Matthew Bennett (MA FSA FRHislS) is a Senior Lecturer at The Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. He has written extensively on crusading and medieval warfare in general, including the Cambridge Atlas of Warfare: the Middle Ages and Agincourt, 1415. Jim Bradbury is a former history lecturer who has mostrar mais been a full-time writer since 1993. His books include The Medieval Archer, The Medieval Siege, and The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare. Kelly DeVries is Professor of History at Loyola College in Maryland. He is the author of several, books, including Medieval Military Technology, Infantry Warfare in the Early Fourteenth Century, Joan of Arc: A Military Leader, and Cups and Men in Medieval Europe. Iain Dickie's interest in military matters was first inspired by pictures of Roman artillery at the age of 12. Based in Britain, he has been a committee member of the Society of Ancients, the editor of Army Navy Modelworld, Military Hobbies, and Miniature Wargames magazines. Phyllis Jestice is Assistant Professor of Medieval History, University of Southern Mississippi. She was previously Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval History, California State University. mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Matthew Bennett
Fighting Techniques of the Medieval World: Equipment, Combat Skills and Tactics (2005) 264 exemplares
The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768–1487 (1996) — Autor — 120 exemplares
The History of Warfare: The ultimate visual guide to the history of warfare from the ancient world to the American… (2016) 11 exemplares
Associated Works
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1995 (1995) — Author "The Knight Unmasked" — 13 exemplares
Medieval Knighthood V: Papers from the sixth Strawberry Hill Conference, 1994 (1995) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
The Chivalric Ethos and the Development of Military Professionalism (2002) — Contribuidor — 10 exemplares
Anglo-Norman Studies XI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1988 (1989) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Anglo-Norman Studies IX: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1986 (1987) — Contribuidor — 9 exemplares
Anglo-Norman Studies V: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1982 (1983) — Contribuidor — 6 exemplares
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Agincourt, 1415 : triumph against the odds por Matthew Bennett
Two bird's eye views of the battlefield, and several colour plates enliven this campaign study. It is clear and gives a logical review of the evidence by Monstrelet. to no one's great surprize, Shakespeare is not a reliablre guide to the battle. The plan of Harfleur and the description of that seige are of interest.
A good history of the Agincourt campaign, incorporating modern scholarship to update earlier accounts such as [a:Burne's|193637|Alfred H. Burne|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png].
I don't usually make it a habit to read dictionaries or encyclopedias, or even atlases, but since the subject of this book was Medieval warfare I assumed that I would find it somewhat informing and entertaining, at least, to me. It fills the role of "atlas" quite well, providing the reader plenty of maps and a chronology of warfare, along with the many advancements of warfare during the period.
It would be hard to label this book as some sort of "required" reading for the student or enthusiast as all of the information contained wherein can be found in many other, and better, sources. Still, it is not a wast of time reading it.
I found the first couple of sections of the book rather tedious and boring, but as the study advanced to post 1066 it seemed to settle down into a comfortable rhythm and dispensed with the tedium of date and place regurgitation. I found the last section, "The Theory and Practice of Medieval Warfare", very interesting. It quickly covered topics such as arms and armor, military manuals, naval warfare and seige warfare,
The most striking thing I noticed about this book was its lack of useful illustrations. The maps were extremely "busy" and really not worth the effort. The photo inserts were in many cases very small, hard to make out, and quite useless. Overall, coffee table material to be read, not browsed.… (mais)
It would be hard to label this book as some sort of "required" reading for the student or enthusiast as all of the information contained wherein can be found in many other, and better, sources. Still, it is not a wast of time reading it.
I found the first couple of sections of the book rather tedious and boring, but as the study advanced to post 1066 it seemed to settle down into a comfortable rhythm and dispensed with the tedium of date and place regurgitation. I found the last section, "The Theory and Practice of Medieval Warfare", very interesting. It quickly covered topics such as arms and armor, military manuals, naval warfare and seige warfare,
The most striking thing I noticed about this book was its lack of useful illustrations. The maps were extremely "busy" and really not worth the effort. The photo inserts were in many cases very small, hard to make out, and quite useless. Overall, coffee table material to be read, not browsed.… (mais)
"Slagfältet" skall förstås i vid mening: detta är inte enbart fältslagets (för övrigt en ovanligt sällsynt företeelse under medeltiden) historia som behandlas, utan allmän militärhistoria. Alltigenom lättläst, men ganska episodiskt och ibland med en air av kompilat snarare än genomtänkt komposition: uppdelningen mellan infanteri och kavalleri som görs gör att man tappar mycket överblick. Att man kastas mellan olika typer av infanteri och olika slag hjälper inte hellre. Detta är snarare ett verk man läser för att få detaljkunskaper än en vid överblick.… (mais)
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- Obras
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- Membros
- 743
- Popularidade
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- Avaliação
- 3.7
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- ISBN
- 52
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- 5