H. J. Hewitt
Autore di Black Prince's Expedition
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Opere di H. J. Hewitt
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Hewitt, Herbert James
- Sesso
- male
- Nazione (per mappa)
- U.K.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 56
- Popolarità
- #291,557
- Voto
- 3.3
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 7
This is one of the most, if not the most, detailed study ever made of the organization of a medieval army. Making excellent use of the few records at his disposal, author H. J. Hewitt studies the structure of the armies that fought the first battles of the Hundred Years' War, their logistics, and their transportation -- both land transportation and the ships that took them to France. This examination is meticulously detailed and, despite the relative lack of documentation, probably substantially correct.
That makes it a useful tool to the military historian. And someone trying to design a strategy game based on the Hundred Years' War would probably find it invaluable.
Odds are, though, that you are neither of those things. And if you are not, there may not be much here for you. Most readers who pick up this book will probably want to know how the Bordeaux campaign of 1345 (say) was fought, not a list of the ships used to carry the soldiers there. But it is the latter that the book supplies.
Overall, it's a pretty dry read. Useful, yes, if you desire the dirty details of medieval warfare. If you just want the overall picture, you'll want a different book.… (altro)