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  • Teutonic Knights

    de William Urban ...
    The Teutonic Knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. Their history is suffused with crusading, campaigning and struggle. Feared by their enemies but respected by medieval Christendom, the knights and their Order maintained a firm hold over the Baltic and northern Germany and established a formidable regime which flourished across Central Europe for 300 years.This major new book ... Leer más

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  • Bayonets and Scimitars

    Arms, Armies and Mercenaries 1700–1789

    de William Urban ...
    A look at the tumult and transformations in warfare during the eighteenth century—and the world-changing events that resulted.The eighteenth century in Europe was a period of significant economic, political, and technological upheaval—which led to the American and French revolutions, and ultimately paved the way for Europe's domination of much of the world during the nineteenth century. The wars ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Matchlocks to Flintlocks

    Warfare in Europe and Beyond, 1500–1700

    de William Urban ...
    "A big picture view of how changes in the way war was waged between 1500 and 1700 affected the world at large . . . an exemplary book." —War in HistoryIn the early modern world three dominant cultures of war were shaped by a synergy of their internal and external interactions. One was Latin Christian western Europe. Another was Ottoman Islam. The third, no less vital for so often being overlooked, ... Leer más

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  • Medieval Mercenaries

    The Business of War

    The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power. Feudal oaths and local militias were more often than not incapable of providing the skilled and disciplined warriors necessary to keep the enemy at bay. It was the mercenary who stepped in to fill the ranks. A ... Leer más

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  • Small Wars and Their Influence on Nation States

    1500 to the Present

    de William Urban ...
    After 1500, European warfare was repeatedly revolutionized by new weapons, new methods for supplying armies in the field, improved fortifications and new tactics for taking fortifications. This allowed empires to grow, with, for example, the Ottomans expanding into the Middle East and Africa, Britain dominating India, and Russia conquering the steppe.The dynamics of resistance to this expansion ... Leer más

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  • Bayonets For Hire

    Mercenaries at War, 1550-1789

    An exploration of the changing role of mercenaries in early modern Europe from the Wars of Religion to the French Revolution—"A fascinating scholarly work" (Stuart Asquith)."Urban gives a careful and highly readable survey of the highways and byways of18th century warfare, with an enjoyable and arresting emphasis on the individual's experience of war." —John FranceFrom the Greek professional ... Leer más

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  • The Last Years of the Teutonic Knights

    Lithuania, Poland and the Teutonic Order

    de William Urban ...
    "The most comprehensive account available of the final years of the crusading military order" from the acclaimed author of Medieval Mercenaries ( Baltische Historiche Kommission).The Battle of Grunwald was one of the largest battles in Medieval Europe and was the most important in the histories of Poland and Lithuania.It was fought on 15 July 1410 during the Polish-Lithuania-Teutonic War between ... Leer más

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  • 40 Days with Jesus

    Daily Imaginative Thoughts and Reflections for Lent

    de William Urban ...
    Why must we endure times of waiting? In the night, we wait for the morning. In loneliness, toil, or sickness, we wait for relief. Jesus's forty-day fast was a time of waiting, and in that time, He became vulnerable and needy just like we are. God became a person for a reason, so we can imitate and learn to be like Him – not as clones, but as beloved daughters and sons. As we fast during Lent, 40 ... Leer más

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  • The Teutonic Knights Strike East

    The 14th Century Crusades in Lithuania and Rus'

    Written by two leading experts on the Crusades in an enjoyable and compelling style, this is an accessible narrative of a complex political and military history. The history of the Teutonic Knights is one of crusading in an era of wars, intrigues, assassinations and betrayals. Originally established as a hospital order during the Third Crusade in the Holy Land in the late 12th century, the order ... Leer más

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  • The Dean Returns from the Dead

    #4 in the Briarpatch College Series

    de William Urban ...
    In the fall semester of 1995 Professor Donahue and Chief Biggs investigated the murder of Dean Wooda. The surprising result became stranger as new bodies and new suspicions appeared each semester. By 1997 even those who had seen the deans corpse off for cremation were wondering when his ghost would cease to haunt the drafty halls of Briarpatch Colleges oversized Administration building. At the ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Why the Dean Is Dead

    #5 in the Briarpatch College Series

    de William Urban ...
    Briarpatch College has all the problems of American higher education in the nineties, at least as many as can be packed onto one small semirural campus. Unfortunately, Briarpatch also has had a multitude of other problems the administration would rather not admit. In the last few years, the academic dean has drowned, the president has died suspiciously, and one scandal after another has rocked the ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    Teutonic Knights, The

    A Military History

    de William Urban ...
    Narrado por Brian Troxell ...

    Completo

    12 hora 49 minutos

    The Teutonic Knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. Their history is suffused with crusading, campaigning and struggle. Feared by their enemies but respected by medieval Christendom, the knights and their Order maintained a firm hold over the Baltic and northern Germany and established a formidable regime which flourished across Central Europe for 300 years.This major new book ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD