Medieval mercenaries: the business of war
The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power. As feudal oaths and local militias were often incapable of keeping the enemy at bay, it was the mercenary who steppe...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Middle Ages were a turbulent and violent time, when the fate of nations was most often decided on the battlefield, and strength of arms was key to acquiring and maintaining power. As feudal oaths and local militias were often incapable of keeping the enemy at bay, it was the mercenary who stepped in to fill the ranks. A mercenary was a professional soldier who took employment with minimum concern for the morals, ethics or cause of the paymaster. But within these confines we discover a surprising array of fighting-men, from the lowest-born foot soldier to the wealthiest aristocrat--even the occasional clergyman. Historian Urban explores the vital importance of the mercenary to the medieval power-broker, from the Byzantine Varangian Guard to 15th-century soldiers of fortune in the Baltic, and presents an in-depth portrait of the mercenary across the Middle Ages.--From publisher description. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-296) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 304 S., [8] Bl. Ill., Kt. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781853676970 1853676977 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
list of Illustrations
7
Foreword by Terry Jones
9
Preface
13
Maps
17
1
Early Medieval Mercenaries
21
2
Early Italian Mercenaries
43
3
The Classic Medieval Mercenary
59
4
Chivalry
69
5
The Hundred Years War: Part One
83
6
Forming the Victorian Imagination: Chaucer s Knight
and Twain s Saint
121
7
Forming the Victorian Imagination: The White Company
137
8
The Crusades in the Baltic
159
9
The Hundred Years War: Part Two
199
10
The Renaissance
229
11
The Black Guard
251
12
Machiavelli
269
13
Mercenaries in the Late Medieval Baltic
275
14
Summary
289
Sources
294
Index
297
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CONTENTS
list of Illustrations
7
Foreword by Terry Jones
9
Preface
13
Maps
17
1
Early Medieval Mercenaries
21
2
Early Italian Mercenaries
43
3
The 'Classic' Medieval Mercenary
59
4
Chivalry
69
5
The Hundred Years War: Part One
83
6
Forming the Victorian Imagination: Chaucer's Knight
and Twain's Saint
121
7
Forming the Victorian Imagination: The White Company
137
8
The Crusades in the Baltic
159
9
The Hundred Years War: Part Two
199
10
The Renaissance
229
11
The Black Guard
251
12
Machiavelli
269
13
Mercenaries in the Late Medieval Baltic
275
14
Summary
289
Sources
294
Index
297 |
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