Christopher Allmand: 2 books
The De Re Militari of Vegetius
The Reception, Transmission and Legacy of a Roman Text in the Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
Vegetius' late Roman text became a well-known and highly respected 'classic' in the Middle Ages, transformed by its readers into the authority on the waging of war. Christopher Allmand analyses the medieval afterlife of the De Re Militari, tracing the growing interest in the text from the Carolingian...
The Hundred Years War
England and France at War c.1300–c.1450
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 1988
This is a comparative study of how the societies of late-medieval England and France reacted to the long period of conflict between them commonly known as the Hundred Years War. Beginning with an analysis of contemporary views regarding the war. Two chapters follow which describe the military aim...