Associated with strength; bravery; and loyalty; arms and armor have long been decorated with great skill and care; thereby becoming artistic creations in their own right. Beautifully photographed; the Cleveland Museum of Art’s superb collection of arms and armor appears here along with works of art from each period that illustrate their use. Chapters include discussions of chivalry and the tournament; manufacture and decoration; and weapons as technology and art.
#1839662 in Books Northwestern University Press 2001-05-21Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.10 x 6.00l; 1.09 #File Name: 0810118432341 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An eye opener of a storyBy Arnold HowardThis is the story of Paxton's years of research into the death of his mother; who died at the hands of the Nazis. The book reads somewhat like a detective story. I won't give away the ending. I'll just add that the book is an eye opener about life in France under Nazi rule.44 of 47 people found the following review helpful. Not the French alone...By B. MaierLike so many other stories during WWII and the holocaust; this one is heartbreaking. It is hard to imagine those two innocent persons; a beautiful woman and her adorable little boy (as portrayed on the cover photos); being harassed and hunted down not because of any particular actions on their part; but just because "they are".I am a fifty years old French woman married to an American man and now living in the USA since thirty years. My grandfather was not only a member of the French communist party (nothing like in Russia believe me!); but he also joined the French resistance with a few of his friends at the beginning of the war. All of them were caught early on and sent to varied places. None of them came back. My granddad was sent to the camp of Royaleu in Compiegne; a town above Paris and past the camp of Drancy. He was then sent to the concentration camp of Sachsenhausen next to Berlin; where he stayed for three years; and died of starvation and pneumonia at the liberation of the camp by the Russians. He was too weak to get better and make it home; so my grandma and mom never saw him again. My grandma continued some of his activities after he left; but alone with a little girl it became too scary and she stopped.Nothing surprises me in Isaac Levendel's book; i already know all that. My grandma explained to me many times; that people; Jews; resistants; communists; homosexuals; gypsies and others; were mostly arrested by French men; called "la Milice". She knew all along who had denounced my grandfather and she recognized one of the men who arrested him. He was the husband of the woman cashier for the local movie theater where she would go with my mom sometimes.The country was shared between the people who agreed with the Vichy government and the others. Among the ones who agreed were people who were just scared and wanted to survive the war without trouble; others were racist and could not wait to get rid of their Jewish neighbors; and some who were rather pathetic and small before the war; jumped at the chance to become "big and powerful"; by giving their services to the Vichy government. Wars are always ugly and unfair no matter when or where they are. I have done a lot of research about the Holocaust and the occupation of France by the Germans; because of what happened to my grandfather. I have discovered that anti Semites were everywhere. There were Nazis in England and America as well. There were also Germans who were against Hitler and who risked or lost their lives for their beliefs.I recommend the following books to understand more about those complicated times. "Bad Faith" by Carmen Callhill; "The Holocaust chronicles"; "Leap into darkness" by Leo Bretholz; "Choice in Vichy France" by John F. Sweets; "The Politics of everyday life in Vichy France" by Shannon L. Fogg; " The Choice of the Jews under Vichy" by Adam Rayski. Sincerely. Brigitte Maier.28 of 29 people found the following review helpful. Very revealing about the French collaborationBy A CustomerThis is a very beautiful and honest book about what happened to the Jews in France during WWII. It gives rare details about the French quiet acceptance of the deportation of Jews. It also reveals how difficult it is to get basic information from the French archives 50 years after the facts.A must read for everybody who desires to know.
