Charity Cannon Willard, Sumner Willard

Broschiertes Buch

The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry

by Christine de Pizan

Herausgeber: Willard, Charity Cannon (none) / Übersetzer: Willard, Sumner

Beschreibung

This translation shows that "The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry" contains much that is original to the author. As a military manual it provides details about the strategy, tactics and technology of mediaeval warfare and is an important source for early gunpowder weapon technology.

Autor

Sumner Willard, former professor at the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, was best known for his translation of J. F. Verbruggen's The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages (1977; revised edition, Boydell, 1997). Charity Cannon Willard is the preeminent Christine de Pizan scholar in the United States. She has translated Christine's A Medieval Woman's Mirror of Honor: The Treasure of the City of Ladis (1989) and written a biography, Christine de Pizan: Her Life and Works (1984).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780271018812
• ISBN-10: 027101881X
• Artikelnr.: 22242354