Chivalry and the ideals of knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War / / Craig Taylor, University of York

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810543803321
• Autore: Taylor Craig (Historian)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-107-50287-X; 1-139-89351-3; 1-107-50127-X; 1-107-50664-6; 1-107-51704-4; 1-107-49733-7; 1-107-50396-5; 1-107-32511-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 345 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 394/.70944
• Soggetti: Chivalry - Philosophy; Chivalry - France - History - To 1500; Chivalry in literature - History - To 1500; Knights and knighthood - France - History - To 1500; Knights and knighthood in literature - History - To 1500; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453; War and society - France - History - To 1500
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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Reading Vegetius; The science of war; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Printed sources; Secondary literature; Unpublished dissertations; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Craig Taylor's study examines the wide-ranging French debates on the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the period of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). Faced by stunning military disasters and the collapse of public order, writers and intellectuals carefully scrutinized the martial qualities expected of knights and soldiers. They questioned when knights and men-at-arms could legitimately resort to violence, the true nature of courage, the importance of mercy, and the role of books and scholarly learning in the very practical world of military men. Contributors to these discussions included some of the most famous French medieval writers, led by Jean Froissart, Geoffroi de Charny, Philippe de Mézières, Honorat Bovet, Christine de Pizan, Alain Chartier and Antoine de La Sale. This interdisciplinary study sets their discussions in context, challenging modern, romantic assumptions about chivalry and investigating the historical reality of debates about knighthood and warfare in late medieval France.