CLIFFORD J. ROGERS is a Professor of History at the United States Military Academy and founding director of the West Point Digital History Centre. His many books and articles on medieval warfare have been recognized with awards from the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize to the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award and Moncado Prize, as well as two Verbruggen Prizes and the Bachrach Medal from De Re Militari. His recent work has focused on early gunpowder and gunpowder artillery. CLIFFORD J. ROGERS is a Professor of History at the United States Military Academy and founding director of the West Point Digital History Centre. His many books and articles on medieval warfare have been recognized with awards from the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize to the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award and Moncado Prize, as well as two Verbruggen Prizes and the Bachrach Medal from De Re Militari. His recent work has focused on early gunpowder and gunpowder artillery.
Readers will receive a real insight into the mentality and logic of
war in the middle ages and an understanding of its stark
realities... excellent and very welcome resource book.
*HISTORY TODAY*
Of great value... A good introduction to the history of the war,
the chief primary and secondary sources, and ... scholarly
questions and trends.
*JOURNAL OF MILITARY HISTORY*
Original and valuable work on chronicle material, including a
number of previously unnoticed and/or unpublished sources...
Scholarship owes much to Rogers. FRENCH HISTORY The sources are
well chosen... The action moves along at a lively pace. Th[e]
second part reprints a selection of studies most scholars would
pronounce classic... This book will be a useful reference
collection even for specialists and will provide rich lodes of ore
for students engaged in research projects. ALBION [Richard Kaeuper]
This collection of sources and interpretations lays bare the truth
about the wars of Edward's reign... Dr Rogers has provided a
valuable service to scholars, students and general readers alike in
bringing together this fascinating collection.
*MATTHEW BENNETT [General editor's preface]*
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