A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power, reputation. Crusaders amassed possessions of all sorts, from castles to reliquaries. Campaigns required material funds and equipment, while conquests produced bureaucracies, taxation, economic exploitation, and commercial regulation. Wealth sustained the Crusades while material objects, from weaponry The World of the Crusades - Christopher Tyerman od authora Christopher Tyerman a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Christopher Tyerman |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
520 |
Rok vydání |
2023 |
Nakladatelství |
Yale University Press |