David Nicolle's first volume of Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050–1350 covered Western Europe and the Crusader States. Now Dr Nicolle, in a second volume of this comprehensive study, examines the arms and armour actually used by Moslem, Orthodox Christian and Mongol armies. Emphasising the evolution of military technology, fashion and science during a period of tumult and change, this definitive study throws new light on Eastern Europe and Asia as old empires decay and new powers emerge. Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era examines the key elements of the arms and equipment for each specific power or ethnic group. Conclusions are then linked to hundreds of superbly detailed line drawings based on archaeological evidence, iconography and contemporary accounts. The chapters of this second volume are: Byzantium The Eastern Balkans Armenia Georgia Russia Christian Africa Egypt North Africa and Islamic Sicily Al-Andalus Arabia Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050–1350: Islam, Eastern Europe and Asia, with 1,600 illustrations, is the concluding volume in this two-volume study of the period. This is an essential study of major and minor powers and their contribution to warfare at the time of the Crusades. Back to Greenhill Military Book News No. 94 Table of Contents Back to Greenhill Military Book News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Greenhill Books This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com