The Medieval Fighting Man - Europa Militaria Special No. 18: Costume and Equipment 800 - 1500

by Jonas Freiberg and Jens Hill

In medieval times an individual often needed to defend his life, his family and his property. Mercenaries earned their living by hiring out their skills, while feudal noblemen regularly mustered their men-at-arms and their subordinate vassals and tenants to provide military service, even to the point of leading them on Crusades to the Holy Land and elsewhere. In the later medieval period the growing cities required their citizens to take up arms as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785000098
• ISBN13: 9781785000096
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 10.2"