Just wars and moral victories: surprise, deception and the normative framework of European war in the later Middle Ages
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Main Author: Whetham, David (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2009
Series:History of warfare 55
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Metaphysical and moral context -- The role of war as a legal instrument in the Middle Ages -- The epitome of military science -- The works of Geoffroy de Charny -- Froissart : the management of chivalric expectation -- Conclusion
By exploring the moral and legal context of medieval strategic thinking, this work explains how the use of surprise and deception could, in certain circumstances, be reconciled with the practise of chivalric warfare
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (266 S.)
ISBN:9789047424857
9047424859
DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004171534.i-268

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