Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550

Klappentext A portrait of espionage, covert operations, assassination squads, and the deep penetration of seemingly invulnerable fortresses or security systems matching anything to be found in the war stories of the modern era'. MATTHEW BENNETT, SANDHURST. Zusammenfassung The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert operations and assassination plots in the medieval period! matching anything to be found in our own era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Special Operations, Strategy and Politics in the Age of Chivalry: An Analytical OverviewThe Gateway to the Middle East: Antioch, 1098Saving King Baldwin: Khartpert, 1123The Assassination of King Conrad: Tyre, 1192For a Sack-full of Gold Écus : Calais, 1350Princes in the Cross-Hairs: The Rise and Fall of Valois Burgundy, 1407-1483The Mill of Auriol: Auriol, 1536ConclusionsWorks CitedIndex

Product details

• Authors: Yuval Harai, Yuval Noah Harari
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9781843834526
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-452-6
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Warfare in History; Warfare in History (Paperback); Warfare in History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Middle Ages; Militärgeschichte, Christi Geburt bis 1500 nach Chr., Krieg und militärische Operationen