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Author Taylor, Craig (Historian)

Title Chivalry and the ideals of knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War / Craig Taylor.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Craig Taylor examines French debates on the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the Hundred Years War.
Contents Preface ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; 1 Texts and cont exts ; Crises affecting France ; Reactions of the writers ; Moral reform and discipline ; Leadership ; Conclusion ; 2 Honour ; Chivalric honour ; The role of texts ; Virtue and vainglory.
Violence and competition Reciprocity and trustworthiness ; Conclusion ; 3 Prowess and loyalty ; Prowess and deeds of arms ; Representations of violence ; Defining chivalric violence ; Conclusion ; 4 Courage ; Debating courage ; Courage, cowardice and rashness.
Inspiring courage Conclusion ; 5 Mercy (part I): soldiers ; Mercy and vengeance ; The treatment of combatants ; Praising mercy ; Conclusion ; 6 Mercy (part II): civilians and non-combatants ; Commentary on the treatment of civilians in war.
The treatment of civilians outside military campaigns Conclusion ; 7 Wisdom and prudence ; Defining prudence ; The art of warfare ; The value of books ; Reading Vegetius ; The science of war ; Conclusion ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Printed sources ; Secondary literature.
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Subject Hundred Years' War (1339-1453)
Chivalry -- Philosophy.
Chivalry.
Philosophy.
Chivalry -- France -- History -- To 1500.
France.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Chivalry in literature -- History -- To 1500.
Chivalry in literature.
Knights and knighthood -- France -- History -- To 1500.
Knights and knighthood.
Knights and knighthood in literature -- History -- To 1500.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453.
War and society -- France -- History -- To 1500.
War and society.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Craig, DPhil. Chivalry and the ideals of knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War 9781107042216 (DLC) 2013008748 (OCoLC)830668838
ISBN 9781107325111 (electronic book)
1107325110 (electronic book)
9781461950844 (electronic book)
1461950848 (electronic book)
9781107506640
1107506646
9781107042216
1107042216

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