Nicholas Hooper (1) (1956–)
Autore di The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768–1487
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Serie
Opere di Nicholas Hooper
Opere correlate
Anglo-Norman Studies VII: Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1984 (1985) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1956-06-03
- Sesso
- male
Utenti
Recensioni
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Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 1
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 121
- Popolarità
- #164,307
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 17
- Lingue
- 2
It would be hard to label this book as some sort of "required" reading for the student or enthusiast as all of the information contained wherein can be found in many other, and better, sources. Still, it is not a wast of time reading it.
I found the first couple of sections of the book rather tedious and boring, but as the study advanced to post 1066 it seemed to settle down into a comfortable rhythm and dispensed with the tedium of date and place regurgitation. I found the last section, "The Theory and Practice of Medieval Warfare", very interesting. It quickly covered topics such as arms and armor, military manuals, naval warfare and seige warfare,
The most striking thing I noticed about this book was its lack of useful illustrations. The maps were extremely "busy" and really not worth the effort. The photo inserts were in many cases very small, hard to make out, and quite useless. Overall, coffee table material to be read, not browsed.… (altro)