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Italian Medieval Armies 1300-1500 (Men-at-Arms)
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by David Nicolle and Gerry Embleton
Sales Rank: 746214
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List Price: $15.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 48 pages
Published by: Osprey Publishing March 24, 1983
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0850454778
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0850454772
Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 7 x 0.2 inches
Weighs: 5.6 ounces
Reader Reviews
There is a reason I'm trying to learn Italian. The reason is that as an armchair historian, I've discovered that few English titles are able to do justice to anything Italian. This is especially true with Renaissance era literary works as the Italian language is far less vulgar then that of English - which is considered a "power language". Although David Nicolle does a descent job, I feel the book is too small to really go into detail as the Italian political and social climate of the day was incredibly treacherous and even small aspects would cover volumes. Also some of his viewpoints lack credibility. One such viewpoint is that the French and English invaders were bigger in physical size. Perhaps Mr. Nicolle has seen one too many Joe Pesci movies? From the Armour pieces I've studied, there's certainly nothing to indicate Italians of the day were smaller in size. Today, if you look at the sports teams in Europe, Italians are among the tallest. Goes for both Rugby, Football(soccer), and fencing. Anyway I can't imagine why someone would make such a broad assumption. It's hard to imagine the Romans - the greatest empire known to man - being smaller people then the rest of Europe. Unless the Italians shrank during the Middle Ages? Hmmm not likely. Although it did remind me of Time Bandits when Napoleon says with great disappointment, "I wanted to invade Italy because I thought they were all small people". :) Anyway decent book if you want some nice pics and a summary of events from the period.
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