Download or read book Crusaders, Condottieri, and Cannon written by Donald Joseph Kagay and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2003 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of eighteen essays focuses on various phases of warfare around the medieval Mediterranean. Topics of these essays range from crusading activity to the increasing use of mercenaries to the spread of gunpowder weaponry.