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During the 14th and 15th centuries military tactics in Europe underwent a period of sustained transformation of which the outcome was the rejuvenation of the footsoldier as the major tactical unit. One nation alone stands principally responsible for this development the Swiss Confederation. For centuries the mounted knights had ''ridden roughshod over the populations of Europe''. It was in the Swiss halberdier and later the pikeman that the mounted men-at-arms were to meet their match. This absorbing text by Douglas Miller provides an account of rise of the Swiss army to its tactical zenith, beginning with the classic encounter at Morgarten.

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Introduction · Organization · Tactics and Campaigns · The Burgundian Wars · The Plates

The Swiss at War 13001500

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    A Paperback by Douglas Miller, Gerry Embleton, Gerry Embleton

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 11 August 1979
      ISBN-13 9780850453348
      978-0850453348
      ISBN-10 0850453348

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      During the 14th and 15th centuries military tactics in Europe underwent a period of sustained transformation of which the outcome was the rejuvenation of the footsoldier as the major tactical unit. One nation alone stands principally responsible for this development the Swiss Confederation. For centuries the mounted knights had ''ridden roughshod over the populations of Europe''. It was in the Swiss halberdier and later the pikeman that the mounted men-at-arms were to meet their match. This absorbing text by Douglas Miller provides an account of rise of the Swiss army to its tactical zenith, beginning with the classic encounter at Morgarten.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction · Organization · Tactics and Campaigns · The Burgundian Wars · The Plates

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