| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 459 pages) : maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-447) and index. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Maps""; ""Preface""; ""Hawkwood Chronology""; ""Introduction""; ""1 John Hawkwood in Perspective: The Man and the Myth""; ""PART I: MAKING OF A WARRIOR""; ""2 Essex Lad, King�s Soldier, and Member of the White Company, 1323�1363""; ""3 Italy and the Profession of Arms""; ""PART II: RISE OF A MERCENARY CAPTAIN""; ""4 The Fox and the Lion: The Pisan-Florentine War, 1363�1364""; ""5 John Hawkwood of Pisa and Milan, 1365�1372""; ""6 In the Service of God and Mammon, 1372�1375""; ""PART III: THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER CAPTAIN IN ITALY"" |
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""7 John Hawkwood and the War of Eight Saints, 1375�1377""""8 Love and Diplomacy, 1377�1379""; ""9 At Home in the Romagna, 1379�1381""; ""10 Neapolitan Soldier and Tuscan Lord, 1381�1384""; ""PART IV: VETERAN CAPTAIN AND FLORENTINE HERO""; ""11 The Deal with the Devil, the Birth of a Son, and a Victory at Castagnaro, 1385�1387""; ""12 At the Center of the Storm: Florence and the Military Buildup, 1387�1389""; ""13 The War against Milan, 1390�1392""; ""14 Two Weddings, a Funeral, and a Disputed Legacy, 1392�1394�1412""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendixes""; ""Notes"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hawkwood, John, Sir, -1394.
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Hawkwood, John, Sir, -1394. |
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Mercenary troops -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
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Mercenary troops. |
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Italy. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Soldiers of fortune -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Soldiers of fortune. |
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Great Britain. |
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British -- Italy -- History -- To 1500.
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British. |
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Italy -- History -- 1268-1492 -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
1268-1492 |
| Subject |
Italy -- History -- 1268-1492. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caferro, William. John Hawkwood. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2005016597 |
| ISBN |
9780801888809 (electronic book) |
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0801888808 (electronic book) |
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9780801883231 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0801883237 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0801883237 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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