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Photographs, illustrations, and text help profile the history, uniforms, and insignias of the men who served in the medieval heraldry....
Almost continual warfare raged in Europe during the period 1300-1500. These wars were the furnaces in which many of the modern European nations were f...
Coats of arms were at first used only by kings and princes, then by their great nobles, but by the mid-13th century arms were being used extensively b...
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The epic conflict between Rome and Carthage remains one of the most compelling stories of military history. The wars included such legendary events as...
The ancient warrior code which persisted in medieval Christian Europe dictated that a man's greatest virtues were physical strength, skill at arms, br...
Colours, Standards and Guidons of France and her Allies
In the summer of 1804, the eagle was chosen as the symbol of the French Army by Napoleon himself. The Emperor's sculptor, Chaudet, made the original m...
If there is one thing we can be sure of concerning the Saxons, Vikings and Normans who inhabited the medieval world, it is that they were a good deal ...
This text by Terence Wise explores some of the fascinating peoples who comprised the ancient armies of the Middle East: the Sumerians, who were the fi...
In the early crusades men of all ranks from all over Europe took the cross and went to fight Islam as volunteers. Some went out of religious fervour, ...
Much myth and fantasy surrounds the events of the Wars of the Roses (1455-1485): a bloody and prolonged dynastic struggle between the houses of York a...
265-146 BC
Colours, Standards and Guidons of Austria, Britain, Prussia and Russia
From the Liebfahne and Ordinรคrfahne of Austria, to the eagle and wreath of Russia, the flags of the Napoleonic Wars comprised a range of designs and ...
Colour Plates by G. A. Embleton
Colours, Standards and Guidons of Anhalt, Kleve-Berg, Brunswick, Denmark, Finland, Hanover, Hesse, The Netherlands, Mecklenburg, Nassau, Portugal, Reuss, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland & Westphalia
In this third of three volumes examining the flags of the Napoleonic Wars [Men-at-Arms 77, 78 & 115] Terence Wise details colours, standards and guido...
On 12 October 1492 Columbus discovered the New World. In the following decade a number of Spanish colonies were founded in the West Indies, many of th...
In the first half of the 18th century the French had been the European leaders in artillery, possessing the only standardized range of pieces. These p...
A Men-At-Arms Series
Armour, Camouflage and Markings of the United States, British and German Armies, June 1944 to May 1945
The Armies and Campaigns 216 BC
This book combines Men-at-Arms 121: 'Armies of the Carthaginian Wars' and Campaign 36: 'Cannae 216 BC' in a detailed decription of the army of the led...
Introduces the characteristics, habits, and environments of various species of dolphins and whales....