Special Operations In The Age Of Chivalry 1100 1550
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Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry 1100 1550
Author | : Yuval Noah Harari |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1843834529 |
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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.
Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry 1100 1550
Author | : Yuval N. Harari |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015069350109 |
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Alongside the familiar pitched battles, regular sieges, and large-scale manoeuvres, medieval and early modern wars also involved assassination, abduction, treason and sabotage. These undercover operations were aimed chiefly against key individuals, mostly royalty or the leaders of the opposing army, and against key fortified places, including bridges, mills and dams. However, because of their clandestine nature, these deeds of `derring-do' have not been studied in any detail, a major gap which this book seeks to fill. It surveys a wide variety of special operations, from the eleventh to the sixteenth century. It then analyzes in greater depth six select and exciting operations: the betrayal of Antioch in 1098; the attempt to rescue King Baldwin II from the dungeon of Khartpert in 1123; the assassination of Conrad of Montferrat in 1192; the attempt to storm Calais in 1350; the `dirty war' waged by the rulers of France and Burgundy in the 1460s and 1470s; and the demolition of the flour mill of Auriol in 1536. Dr YUVAL NOAH HARARI teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
The Ultimate Experience
Author | : Y. Harari |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2008-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780230583887 |
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For millennia, war was viewed as a supreme test. In the period 1750-1850 war became much more than a test: it became a secular revelation. This new understanding of war as revelation completely transformed Western war culture, revolutionizing politics, the personal experience of war, the status of common soldiers, and the tenets of military theory.
Latin American Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence
Author | : Richard J. Chacon,Rubén G. Mendoza |
Publsiher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2019-04-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780816540099 |
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This groundbreaking multidisciplinary book presents significant essays on historical indigenous violence in Latin America from Tierra del Fuego to central Mexico. The collection explores those uniquely human motivations and environmental variables that have led to the native peoples of Latin America engaging in warfare and ritual violence since antiquity. Based on an American Anthropological Association symposium, this book collects twelve contributions from sixteen authors, all of whom are scholars at the forefront of their fields of study. All of the chapters advance our knowledge of the causes, extent, and consequences of indigenous violence—including ritualized violence—in Latin America. Each major historical/cultural group in Latin America is addressed by at least one contributor. Incorporating the results of dozens of years of research, this volume documents evidence of warfare, violent conflict, and human sacrifice from the fifteenth century to the twentieth, including incidents that occurred before European contact. Together the chapters present a convincing argument that warfare and ritual violence have been woven into the fabric of life in Latin America since remote antiquity. For the first time, expert subject-area work on indigenous violence—archaeological, osteological, ethnographic, historical, and forensic—has been assembled in one volume. Much of this work has heretofore been dispersed across various countries and languages. With its collection into one English-language volume, all future writers—regardless of their discipline or point of view—will have a source to consult for further research. CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Richard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza 1. Status Rivalry and Warfare in the Development and Collapse of Classic Maya Civilization Matt O’Mansky and Arthur A. Demarest 2. Aztec Militarism and Blood Sacrifice: The Archaeology and Ideology of Ritual Violence Rubén G. Mendoza 3. Territorial Expansion and Primary State Formation in Oaxaca, Mexico Charles S. Spencer 4. Images of Violence in Mesoamerican Mural Art Donald McVicker 5. Circum-Caribbean Chiefly Warfare Elsa M. Redmond 6. Conflict and Conquest in Pre-Hispanic Andean South America: Archaeological Evidence from Northern Coastal Peru John W. Verano 7. The Inti Raymi Festival among the Cotacachi and Otavalo of Highland Ecuador: Blood for the Earth Richard J. Chacon, Yamilette Chacon, and Angel Guandinango 8. Upper Amazonian Warfare Stephen Beckerman and James Yost 9. Complexity and Causality in Tupinambá Warfare William Balée 10. Hunter-Gatherers’ Aboriginal Warfare in Western Chaco Marcela Mendoza 11. The Struggle for Social Life in Fuego-Patagonia Alfredo Prieto and Rodrigo Cárdenas 12. Ethical Considerations and Conclusions Regarding Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence in Latin America Richard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza References About the Contributors Index
Military Cultures and Martial Enterprises in the Middle Ages
Author | : John D. Hosler,Steven Isaac |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Europe |
ISBN | : 9781783275335 |
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Essays on aspects of medieval military history, encompassing the most recent critical approaches.
Renaissance Military Memoirs
Author | : Yuval N. Harari |
Publsiher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1843830647 |
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Renaissance military memoirs studied for what they reveal of contemporary attitudes towards war, selfhood and identity. This is a study of autobiographical writings of Renaissance soldiers. It outlines the ways in which they reflect Renaissance cultural, political and historical consciousness, with a particular focus on conceptions of war, history, selfhood and identity. A vivid picture of Renaissance military life and military mentality emerges, which sheds light on the attitude of Renaissance soldiers both towards contemporary historical developments such as the rise of the modern state, and towards such issues as comradeship, women, honor, violence, and death. Comparison with similar medieval and twentieth-century material highlights the differences in the Renaissance soldier's understanding of war and of human experience.
Journal of Medieval Military History
Author | : John France,Kelly DeVries,Clifford J. Rogers |
Publsiher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2015-10-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781783270576 |
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Highlights the range and richness of scholarship on medieval warfare, military institutions, and cultures of conflict that characterize the field. History 95 (2010)
Sapiens and Homo Deus The E book Collection
Author | : Yuval Noah Harari |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 816 |
Release | : 2017-02-21 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780062693600 |
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Discover humanity’s past and its future in this in this special e-book collection featuring Sapiens—a reading pick of President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg—and its acclaimed companion Homo Deus.