Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000 - 1300
This authoritative and concise work surveys the range of warfare in the high Middle Ages while reflecting on the society that produced these military struggles. The book brings together for the first time a wealth of information on such topics as knighthood, military organization, weaponry and fortifications, and warfare in the East.
In the past fortresses were the most important military objects which provided defense, safety of population, but also contributed to the military domination at a strategically important area. The coastline of the Danube had the greatest strategic significance in preserving the waterway which was the most important traffic artery of this part of Europe until the end of the 19th century. Therefore the most significant as well as the most monumental fortresses were built exactly on the banks of the Danube. The Danube fortress - Bac, Petrovaradin, Kalemegdan, Smederevo, Ram, Golubac and near the Romanian border, Fetislam.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 7 December 2010
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Death in a Strange Country
Something different for Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti, whose first case (Death at La Fenice, 1992) so expertly resurrected the closed-circle whodunit. This time, the murder of Sgt. Michael Foster, public health inspector at the American military hospital at Vicenza, produces such a pronounced lack of reaction--Brunetti's officious boss Patti insists it be written off as a mugging; somebody plants cocaine in Foster's quarters in the hope of heading off further questions; even Foster's lover and commanding officer insists she has no idea why he's been killed--that the fix is clearly in with either the American military or the Italian police.
Military Leadership in the British Civil Wars 1642 - 1651
This work is a study of military leadership and resulting effectiveness in battlefield victory focusing on the parliamentary and royalist regional commanders in the north of England and Scotland in the three civil wars between 1642 and 1651.
Regulating Religion and Morality in the King's Armies 1639 - 1646
This book documents the commitment of the commanders of Charles I's armies to religious observance and moral discipline. Through a close textual analysis of printed military regulations, royal proclamations, and injunctions, a long tradition of British military regulation is outlined and developmental patterns of influence in the orders are traced. In these sources, swearing, drunkenness, fornication, and duelling, as well as attendance at prayers and sermons were perennial concerns and it may be necessary to re-examine the stereotypical image of the Cavalier.
