Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-262) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The wider world: warfare in India, China, Korea and Japan, 500-1500 / T.A. Heathcote, Peter Lorge, Matthew Bennett and Karl Friday. Byzantium against Persia and Islam / James Howard-Johnson -- From barbarian kingdoms to the Carolingian empire, 500-850 / Roy Boss -- New invaders of Christendom: Muslims, Vikings, Russians, Magyars and Normans, 800-1066 / Matthew Bennett -- The revival of Latin Christendom and the crusades in the east / John France -- Nomads triumphant: Mongols, Mamluks and the later crusades, 1250-1400 / Timothy May -- The teutonic knights and the northern crusades, 1200-1450 / William Urban -- The challenge to chivalry: longbow and pike, 1275-1475 / Michael Prestwich -- The gunpowder revolution, 1300-1500 / Michael Prestwich -- The Ottoman challenge: the conquest of Constantinople and military expansion in Europe, 1350-1550 / Gábor Ágoston -- The wider world: warfare in India, China, Korea and Japan, 500-1500 / T.A. Heathcote, Peter Lorge, Matthew Bennett and Karl Friday.
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