During the 12th to 14th centuries, the politically fragmented Italian peninsula was torn by constant wars between rival powers: German rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, striving to tame the independent ambitions of rich cities in the north; an expanding central state created by the Papacy; and a Norman kingdom in the south, where Anjou and Aragon also intervened. This book explains the developing organization of all these armies, including those of...
Related Subjects
History