Details

Description

64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Series

Life in the Middle Ages

Life in the Middle Ages.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Warfare and weapons -- Knights and medieval conflict -- Tools for war -- Warcraft -- Famous medieval battles and campaigns -- Castles and siege tactics -- Glossary.

Audience

Grades 5-8.

Summary

Beyond the chivalry and adventure often presented in fictional works, the medieval era was marked by frequent military conflict. The tools for war employed by soldiers, knights, archers, and other combatants on the battlefield and in bloody sieges are richly rendered in this book. This title explores the use of cavalry, castle fortifications, and military tactics, and it is illustrated with imagery sure to underscore the immediacy and harshness of conflict. Readers will be drawn in by the romance and adventure of the era, even as the book soberly relates the very real circumstances of brutal medieval warfare. Detailed Table of Contents, Full-Color Images, Glossary, Index, Sidebars, Further Reading List, List of Organizations, Websites.

Subject

Military art and science -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Juvenile literature.

Military history, Medieval -- Juvenile literature.

Military art and science -- Medieval.

Military history, Medieval.

Military history, Medieval.

Military art and science -- Medieval.

Chronological Term

500-1500

Genre/Form

History.

Juvenile works.

Added Author

Hilliam, Paul,

ISBN

9781499464726 (library bound)

149946472X (library bound)