%0 Journal Article
%T "Cosas que todos los dem¨¢s libros de este g¨¦nero carecen": T¨¢cticas militares y guerra asim¨¦trica en el episodio de Guillem de V¨¤roic en el "Tirant lo Blanc"
%A Ricardo Castells
%J Tirant : Butllet¨ª Informatiu i Bibliogr¨¤fic de Literatura de Cavalleries
%D 2010
%I Universitat de Val¨¨ncia
%X The first section of Tirant lo Blanc seems to violate many of the standards of the literary chivalric ideal. To defend the British Isles from a Muslim invasion, Guy of Warwick protects the city with  bombardes, balestes e colobrines, e spingardes e molta altra artelleria  (v, 125). Since the invading troops have a numerical advantage of fifty to one, the Count also wages asymmetrical warfare in order to defeat a superior opponent. The Count uses high technology¡ªas he attacks the Saracen camp with improvised explosive devices¡ªas well as low¡ªleaving caltrops all over the battlefield. The Count thus converts the terrain into a force inhibitor, as he changes the appearance of the battlefield in order to defeat the Saracens. This paper indicates that these elements are unique to the Tirant, as the Count of Warwick wages asymmetrical warfare more typical of the Twenty-first century than of the Middle Ages.
%K Tirant
%K Asymmetrical Warfare
%K Artillery
%K Guy of Warwick
%U http://parnaseo.uv.es/Tirant/Butlleti.13/02%20Castells.pdf