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The Medieval Military RevolutionState, Society, and Military Change inMedieval and Early Modern Europeby Andrew Ayton and J. L. Price Published by Barnes & Noble Books 1995, ISBN#: 0760707669, Hard
bound, Mint- condition (new with very light shelf wear and a small nick in the jacket at the top of the spine). Nine separate authorities contributed to this definitive exploration of medieval military traditions and innovations. Because of slow and imperfect communications of the period, estimates differ concerning where and when the various approaches to military tactics originated. But most agree that the profound development was supplanting armored cavalry with foot-soldiers. First came the English "longbowmen" and Swiss "pikemen." This generated another evolutionary change--obsolescence of the huge forts. A surprising obbligato theme to this history is the recognition of how the leading states of Europe so emphasized the arms race
that they spent up to and beyond the level of bankruptcy. The… Read More