1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463845203321

Autore

Shaw Christine (Italian Renaissance historian)

Titolo

Barons and castellans : the military nobility of Renaissance Italy / / by Christine Shaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28276-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

History of Warfare, , 1385-7827 ; ; Volume 102

Disciplina

355.0092/245

Soggetti

Renaissance - Italy

Nobility - Italy - History - To 1500

Landowners - Italy - History - To 1500

Castles - Italy - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Italy History, Military 1268-1559

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Barons and Castellans in the Mid-Fifteenth Century -- 2 Lands and Fortresses -- 3 Barons in the City -- 4 Honour, Faction and Private Wars -- 5 A Life in Arms -- 6 Allegiance and Rebellion I: The Fifteenth Century -- 7 Allegiance and Rebellion II: The Italian Wars -- 8 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The military nobility – \'signori di castelli\', lords of castles – formed an important component of the society of Renaissance Italy, although they have often been disregarded by historians, or treated as an anomaly. In Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy , Christine Shaw provides the first comparative study of “lords of castles”, great and small, throughout Italy, examining their military and political significance, and how their roles changed during the Italian Wars. Her main focus is on their military resources and how they deployed them in public and private wars, in pursuit of their own interests and in the service of others, and on how their military weight affected their political standing and influence.