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By Sword And Fire: Cruelty And Atrocity In Medieval... by McGlynn, Sean Hardback
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 0297846787
- EAN
- 9780297846789
- Book Title
- By Sword and Fire : Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group, The Limited
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / General, Europe / Medieval
- Item Weight
- 21.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Orion Publishing Group, The Limited
ISBN-10
0297846787
ISBN-13
9780297846789
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109137346
Product Key Features
Book Title
By Sword and Fire : Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / General, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21.8 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Sean McGlynn¿s excellent book examines the reason for [the] barbarity and reaches the same conclusion as [McNab] did during [his] time as a PoW in the first Iraq war¿Unlike many books on warfare, this book dares to say what others won¿t.
Dewey Decimal
355/.0094/0902
Synopsis
For all the talk of chivalry, medieval warfare routinely involved acts that we would consider war crimes. Lands laid waste, civilians slaughtered, prisoners massacred: this was standard fare justified by tradition and practical military necessity. This popular treatment of a grisly subject examines the battles of Acre and Agincourt, sieges like Beziers, Lincoln, Jerusalem, and Limoges, as well as the infamous chevauchees of the Hundred Years War that devastated great swathes of France. Learn how these events formed the origin of accepted "rules of war"; codes of conduct that are today being enforced in the International Court of Justice in The Hague. This is an all-encompassing portrait of war in the Middle Ages that combines vivid narrative with explanation and analysis., Sean McGlynn investigates the reality of medieval warfare. For all the talk of chivalry, medieval warfare routinely involved acts which we would consider war crimes. Lands laid waste, civilians slaughtered, prisoners massacred: this was standard fare justified by tradition and practical military necessity. It was unbelievably barbaric, but seldom uncontrolled. Such acts of atrocity were calculated, hideous cruelties inflicted in order to achieve a specific end. Sean McGlynn examines the battles of Acre and Agincourt, sieges like Béziers, Lincoln, Jerusalem and Limoges as well as the infamous chevauchées of the Hundred Years War that devastated great swathes of France. He reveals how these grisly affairs form the origin of accepted ¿rules of war¿, codes of conduct that are today being enforced in the International Court of Justice in the Hague. Written for the popular not the academic market, this is a ¿warts and all¿ portrait of war in the middle ages that combines vivid narrative with explanation and analysis.
LC Classification Number
U37
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