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Dedication

First published in Great Britain in 1999 by Osprey Publishing,

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© 1999 Osprey Publishing Ltd.

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ISBN 1 85532 826 7

Military Editor: Nikolai Bogdanovic Design: Alan Hamp

Origination by Renaissance, Bournemouth, UK Printed through World Print Ltd., Hong Kong

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Editor’s Notę

Numerous foreign and technical terms appear in italics throughout the text. For ease of reference, an explanation of these key recurrent terms can be found in the Glossary section, towards the end of the book.

Publishers’ Notę

Readers may wish to study this title in conjunction with the followir select list of Osprey publications:

MAA 50 Medieval European Armies

MAA 75 Armies of the Crusades

MAA 94 The Swiss at War 1300-1500

MAA 99 Medieval Heraldry

MAA 136 Italian Medieval Armies 1300-1500

MAA 151 The Scottish and Welsh Wars 1250-1400

MAA 166 Medieval German Armies 1300-1500

MAA 171 Saladin and the Saracens

MAA 200 El Cid and Reconęuista 1050-1492

MAA 210 Venetian Empire 1200-1670

MAA 231 French Medieval Armies 1000-1300

MAA 251 Medieval Chinese Armies 1260-1520

MAA 287 Byzantine Armies 1118-1461

Elitę 19 The Crusades

Elitę 28 Medieval Siege Warfare

Warrior 11 English Longbowman 1250-1513

Warrior 18 Knight of Outremer 1187-1344

Campaign 43 Fornovo 1495

Campaign 44 Pavia 1525

Artisfs Notę

Readers may care to notę that the original paintings from which th< colour plates in this book were prepared are available for private sale. All reproduction copyright whatsoever is retained by the Publishers. All enquiries should be addressed to:

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PO Box 475, Hailsham, East Sussex BN27 2SL

The Publishers regret that they can enter into no correspondence upon this matter.

TITLE PAGE A foot soldier with a very early form of visored bacinetto, as shown on a late-13th-century carved relief. (Pinacoteca Comunale, Sansepolcro)