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Osprey Pub Co, 1999. New book, 48 pages, MAA333. In the centuries following the first expeditions down the great rivers of northern Russia by Viking traders and adventurers, the foundations for a new state were laid. Many influences combined in this colourful culture which grew up first around the great cities of Kiev and Novgorod - Scandinavian, Finnish, Slav, steppe… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2019. New book, 48 pages, MAA523. The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their territory. Invading armies from Germany - the Holy Roman Empire - saw the creation of the defensive Lombard League of northern Italian city-states. These struggles resulted in… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2014. New book, 48 pages, MAA494. The Hanseatic League was a commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts of what are now Germany and her neighbours, which eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield. The League was formed to… Read more about this item

Botley, Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, Limited, 1993. New book, 64 pages, WAR005. The collapse of Roman rule in Britain was not so much a sudden catastrophe as a long and drawn-out decline. The 'Celtic' Britons retreated gradually to the highland areas of Wales, Cornwall and the south-west of Scotland. Control of the fertile eastern lowlands was lost to warriors… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 1983. New book, 40 pages, MAA144. King John the Good of France was captured by the English at the battle of Poitiers in 1356; his 14-year-old son Philip fought valiantly by his side until the bitter end, and as soon as he was in a position to do so, King John rewarded his son's courage and devotion… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 1999. New book, 48 pages, MAA333. In the centuries following the first expeditions down the great rivers of northern Russia by Viking traders and adventurers, the foundations for a new state were laid. Many influences combined in this colourful culture which grew up first around the great cities of Kiev and Novgorod - Scandinavian, Finnish, Slav, steppe… Read more about this item

Botley, Oxford, United Kingdom: Osprey Publishing, Limited, 1993. New book, 64 pages, WAR005. The collapse of Roman rule in Britain was not so much a sudden catastrophe as a long and drawn-out decline. The 'Celtic' Britons retreated gradually to the highland areas of Wales, Cornwall and the south-west of Scotland. Control of the fertile eastern lowlands was lost to warriors… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2019. New book, 48 pages, MAA523. The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their territory. Invading armies from Germany - the Holy Roman Empire - saw the creation of the defensive Lombard League of northern Italian city-states. These struggles resulted in… Read more about this item

Aldershot, United Kingdom: Concord Publications, 2007. New book, CN6012, 47 pages. 20 colour artworks by Angus McBride. This book is essentially a military review of the Armies and Battles during the Age of the Conquerors. Each of the forces featured is illustrated by a page of text, and a magnificient colour artwork by renowned artist Angus Mcbride. Covers: Tuthmosis III,… Read more about this item

Concord Publications, 2002. New book, CN6007, 47 pages. 20 colour artworks by Angus McBride. This book is essentially a military review of the Armies and Battles during the Age of the Crusades. Each of the forces featured is illustrated by a page of text, and a magnificient colour artwork by renowned artist Angus Mcbride. Covers: Battle of Lechfeld 955, Battle… Read more about this item

Concord Publications, 2002. New book, CN6006, 47 pages, 20 full page colour plates, 4 pages of weapon and armour illustrations. The Mongols established the Yuan dynasty in China and tenaciously completed the conquest of other ruling dynasties in China as well as sending punitive raids into South-East Asia, reaching as far as Java. In East Asia, they invaded Korea and… Read more about this item

Aldershot, United Kingdom: Concord Publications, 2006. New book, CN6013, 47 pages. 20 colour artworks by Justo Jimeno. Each of the illustrations is accompanied by a page of text. Covers: Godfrey of Bouillon, Templar Knights, Battle of Arsuf 1191, Battle of Navas de Tolosa 1212, Jousts, Battle of Falkirk 1298, Battle of Bannockburn 1314, Battle of Crecy 1346, Battle of Poitiers… Read more about this item

Concord Publications, 2002. New book, CN6008, 47 pages. 20 colour artworks by Angus McBride. This book is essentially a military review of the Armies and Warriors of the Warlords throughout history. Each of the forces featured is illustrated by a page of text, and a magnificient colour artwork by renowned artist Angus Mcbride. Covers: Bronze Age Warlord, Southern England 1500BC;… Read more about this item

Concord Publications, 2004. New book, CN6009, 47 pages, 20 colour artworks. Each of the illustrations is accompanied by a page of text. Covers: Castillian Warrior, Battle of Graus, Sancho II the Strong, Singular Combat, Sancho against Alfonso, Sancho against Garcia, Sancho against Urraca, Siege of Zamora, Death of King Sancho, The Swearing in at Santa Gadea, Alfonso VI, War with… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2013. New book, 48 pages, MAA491. Facing off against Byzantines, Arabs, Vikings, Turks, Mongols, and Russians, this steppe culture dominated Black Sea and Caucasus trade during Medieval times. The Bulgars were a Turkic people who established a state north of the Black Sea, and who showed similarities with the Alans and Sarmatians. In the late 500s and… Read more about this item

University Park, Illinois, U.S.A.: Osprey Pub Co, 2002. New book, 48 pages, MAA376. As early as the 11th century, Italian warfare was developing along lines which were unique in medieval Europe. This fragmented, cosmopolitan region, increasingly rich from international trade, saw the rise of independent cities able to fund armies of urban militia, sometimes defying the traditional feudal aristocracy. Against… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2012. New book, 48 pages, MAA484. From humble beginnings, in the course of three centuries the Portuguese built the world's first truly global empire, stretching from modern Brazil to sub-Saharan Africa and from India to the East Indies (Indonesia). Portugal had established its present-day borders by 1300 and the following century saw extensive warfare that confirmed Portugal's… Read more about this item

University Park, Illinois, U.S.A.: Osprey Pub Co, 2002. New book, 64 pages, WAR048. The 13th century was a time of change for knights in England. They were faced with rising costs and increasing demands on their time for local government because of their very status in society, until knighthood itself was sometimes avoided. This period saw as well the development… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 2012. New book, 64 pages, ELI187. The hundred-year period ending in 1025, from the reign of the Emperor Constantine VII to that of Basil II ‘the Bulgar-Slayer’, encompassed the last great era of Byzantine aggression and dominance in the Near East and Balkans. During that time, a succession of soldier-emperors hallenged and defeated an array of opponents… Read more about this item

Osprey Pub Co, 1983. New book, 48 pages, MAA140. The birth of the Ottoman state is shrouded in legend. Whatever the truth of its origins, the Ottoman's formed an Empire which almost succeeded in bringing Christian Europe to its knees. During the last decades of the 13th century, the ambitious Osman Bey's tiny mountain state took eight frontier castles plus… Read more about this item