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By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare by Sean McGlynn

By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare

Sean McGlynn

304 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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For all the talk of chivalry, medieval warfare routinely involved acts that we would consider war crimes. Lands laid waste, civilians slaughtered, prisoners massacred: this was standard fare justified by tradition and practical military necessity....

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