Title Just wars and moral victories : surprise, deception and the normative framework of European war in the later Middle Ages / by David Whetham.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (266 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 55
	History of warfare ; v. 55.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	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.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
	Military art and science.
	Europe.
	History.
Chronological Term	To 1500
Subject	Europe -- History, Military -- To 1500.
	History, Military.
	Surprise (Military science) -- History.
	Surprise (Military science)
	Deception (Military science) -- History.
	Deception (Military science)
	Chivalry -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
	Chivalry.
	Middle Ages.
	Middle Ages.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Military history.
Other Form:	Print version: Whetham, David. Just wars and moral victories. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004171534 (DLC) 2009015146 (OCoLC)313666471
ISBN	9789047424857 (electronic book)
	9047424859 (electronic book)
	128240041X
	9781282400412
	9789004171534 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
	9004171533 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No.	10.1163/ej.9789004171534.i-268

Title Just wars and moral victories : surprise, deception and the normative framework of European war in the later Middle Ages / by David Whetham.

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