Mike Loades: The Crossbow | Taschenbuch

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Cover: 9781472824608 | The Crossbow | Mike Loades | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert

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Beschreibung

Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination. The study of bow designs, trigger mechanisms and spanning devices reveals a tale of considerable mechanical ingenuity; advances that produced a battlefield weapon requiring comparatively little training to use. It was an extremely useful weapon, and especially effective in siege warfare for both attack and defence.

Known to the Ancient Greeks and the Chinese as early as the 5th century BC, the crossbow developed both in Western Europe and in the Far East. Advances in trigger mechanisms, spanning and bow design allowed the development of ever more powerful bows. In this study acknowledged weaponry expert Mike Loades traces the origins, development, combat record and lasting legacy of the crossbow, the formidable projectile weapon that played a key role in a host of battles and sieges across Europe and Asia.

Über den Autor

Mike Loades is a respected author, broadcaster, director and action arranger who has made well over 100 television appearances as a historical weapons expert and military historian and been a presenter for such shows as Time Commanders (BBC), Weapons That Made Britain (Channel 4), Weapon Masters (Discovery Networks) and Going Medieval (History Channel). A lifelong archery enthusiast, he is also experienced in horse-archery and chariot archery and is co-founder of the California Centaurs horse-archery club. He lives in California. He is the author of Swords and Swordsmen (2010), The Longbow (2013), The Composite Bow (2016), and The Crossbow (2018).

Zusammenfassung

This book complements The Longbow (2013) and The Composite Bow (2016), also by Mike Loades.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction / Development / Use / Impact / Conclusion / Bibliography / Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2018
Genre:	Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Antiquitäten
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	80
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472824608
ISBN-10:	1472824601
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Loades, Mike
Illustrator:	Dennis, Peter
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury USA
Maße:	249 x 186 x 7 mm
Von/Mit:	Mike Loades
Erscheinungsdatum:	20.03.2018
Gewicht:	0,26 kg