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By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare
By Sword and Fire Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare Author:Sean McGlynn Lands laid waste, civilians slaughtered, prisoners massacred: this is the grisly truth about warfare in the Middle Ages, now captured in all its horror. This original, authoritative account, perfect for the general reader, examines the celebrated battles of Acre and Agincourt; the sieges on Béziers, Lincoln, Jerusalem, and Limoges; the devastati... more »ng Hundred Years' War; and the destruction wrought by "chivalric" kings such as Henry V and Richard the Lionheart. From this brutality, there finally emerged more humane "rules of war."« less