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“william urban”

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  • Medieval Mercenaries

    The Business of War

    by William Urban, Terry Jones ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Bayonets For Hire

    Mercenaries at War, 1550-1789

    by William Urban, William H. McNeill ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Bayonets and Scimitars

    Arms, Armies and Mercenaries 1700–1789

    by 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 ... Read more

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  • The Last Years of the Teutonic Knights

    Lithuania, Poland and the Teutonic Order

    by 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 ... Read more

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  • Teutonic Knights

    by 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 ... Read more

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  • The Teutonic Knights Conquer Prussia

    Poland, Hungary and Ukraine Face Lithuania and the Mongols

    by William Urban ...
    In this sweeping study, leading expert William Urban explores the Teutonic Order’s conquest of the southern Baltic lands in the 13th century, alongside the struggles of Poland, whose support was periodically interrupted by confrontations with Lithuania and the Mongols. Drawing on contemporary chronicles, as well as German and Polish sources, it traces the dramatic course of these military ... Read more

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  • Matchlocks to Flintlocks

    Warfare in Europe and Beyond, 1500–1700

    by 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, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Small Wars and Their Influence on Nation States

    1500 to the Present

    by 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 ... Read more

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  • The Teutonic Knights Strike East

    The 14th Century Crusades in Lithuania and Rus'

    by William Urban, Darius Baronas ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    History's Greatest Speeches - Vol. V

    by Pope Urban II, William Pitt the Younger, Napoleon Bonaparte, William Jennings Bryan, Ida B. Wells, Eva Peron and Thurgood Marshall ...
    Narrated by Kevin Theis, Nick Sandys, Ben Werling, Will Clinger, Devereau Chumrau, Kelly Silva ORourke and AK Murtada ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 6 min

    This is a SoundCraft Audiobooks production featuring digitally enhanced performances of some of history's greatest speeches - all presented as they might have originally been heard.The immersive audio experience presented here - complete with sound effects, music, and atmospherics - allows the listener to feel as if they were in attendance when these speeches were first delivered. The orations are ... Read more

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  • 40 Days with Jesus

    Daily Imaginative Thoughts and Reflections for Lent

    by 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 ... Read more

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  • The 409th Infantry in World War II

    by William East, William F. Gleason, Julius J. Urban ...
    This history was originally published in 1947 by the Infantry Journal Press. The 409th Infantry Regiment was one of three regiments in the 103rd "Cactus" Infantry division, which arrived in Southern France in Oct. 1944. They fought through the Vosges sector and later into the Rhineland area of South Central Germany. They then moved into Austria where they ended the war in May 1945. ... Read more

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