Télécharger le livre :  Ride of the Second Horseman

"Accurst be he that first invented war," wrote Christopher Marlowe--a declaration that most of us would take as a literary, not literal, construction. But in this sweeping overview of the rise of civilization, Robert O'Connell finds that war is indeed an invention--an...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1997-10-23

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Télécharger le livre :  Of Arms and Men

The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 1139 the Church had intervened, outlawing the use of the crossbow among...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1990-04-19

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