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Title:Kriegskunst und Kanonen (The Art of War & Canons), 2 Volume Set : Das Büchsenmeister- und Kriegsbuch des Johannes Bengedans
Author:Edited & translated by Hans Blosen & Rikke Agnete Olsen
ISBN:8779341624 : 9788779341623
Illustrations:colour illus
Format:Hardback
Size:245x330mm
Pages:437
Weight: 3.79 Kg.
Published:Aarhus University Press - September 2006
List Price: 37.95 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Military history: European history: c500 to c1500: German: Danish


Text in German and Danish. A magnificent edition of Johannes Bengedans' handbook from ca 1450 on the techniques of war. It deals with canons and gunpowder, as well as war against castle and fortress and an attacking army. It is illustrated with splendid drawings by the author himself. He was a German craftsman/engineer who was employed by the Master of the Teutonic Knights and by King Christopher of Bavaria and Denmark. The text is translated into Danish and modern German, and language, chemistry, measurements and weights, the weapons of war and the historic connection are thoroughly explained. The book will therefore appeal to a broad public.