Premodern weapons of war receive a tremendously detailed and thorough accounting in this volume -- the work of a noted authority on medieval Arms in Europe.
Covering a period of 30 centuries, the study, like a richly woven tapestry, vividly describes the development of Arms and armor -- beginning with the weapons of the prehistoric Bronze and Iron Ages, through the breakup of the Roman Empire and the great folk-migrations of the period; the age of the Vikings; and finally, the Age of Chivalry..
Premodern weapons of war receive a tremendously detailed and thorough accounting in this volume -- the work of a noted authority on medieval Arms in Europe