Burgundian Wars. Volume 3. Part 2. The Army of the Grand Dukes of the West
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Burgundian Wars. Volume 3. Part 2. The Army of the Grand Dukes of the West
39.99 €
The second part of the book "The Burgundian Wars. The Army of the Grand Dukes of the West" is devoted to such aspects of the military affairs of the Burgundian state as armament, artillery and symbols placed on elements of uniforms and banners. Drawing on a vast array of sources, the author shows the reader the colorful and opulent facade of one of the strongest armies of the Late Middle Ages. Polished armor and shiny ringlets, livery embroidered with heraldic emblems, silk standards fluttering in the wind, snow-white trellises of soldiers' tents and knights' tents, advanced artillery for that time - bombards, serpentines, couleurines and wagglers! All this caused envy of European rulers and became for them both an element of constant threat and a desirable military booty. All this was made by famous Burgundian and Flemish masters - armorers-armourers, artists-decorators, embroiderers and masters of foundry, scrupulously counted, paid from the ducal treasury or the purses of wealthy lords, stored in arsenals and transported under the walls of enemy fortresses and on the battlefields. And then almost all of this formidable luxury burned in the fire of battles and sieges, decayed from time or was sent by descendants in the merciless meltdown. Therefore, the author had to do a tremendous job to bring back from oblivion at least part of the former Burgundian military splendor and present it to the reader.
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