Bloodied banners : the forms and functions of martial display on the medieval battlefield
The study of medieval military display has been dominated by social historians for whom it is a means of understanding the ties of family, lordship and power. Its military function and importance on the battlefield is often marginalised, reduced to the practicalities of command and control or the id...
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Cardiff University
2006
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543074 |