Medieval Warfare Author:Terence Wise A concise and authoritative survey of the mothods of European warfare in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It succinctly explains how armies were rised during the system of feudal tenure,and there are chapters on armor,weapons,heraldry,castles,and other fortifications,siege warfare,and tactics in the field. There is no book in print which ... more »covers all these subjects.and some of the chapters(principally those on heraldry and tactics)include newer and more accurate information than any book devoted solely to those subjects. The author supplies an appendix on the modeling of minuature medieval soldiers,and other on wargaming in the medieval period. The text is richly embellished with 242 excellent photographs and drawings,particularly in the heraldry chapter which includes no less than 181 finely executed drawings of heraldic detail.« less