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Record Nr.

UNINA9911008434403321

Titolo

Journal of Medieval Military History . Volume 5 / / edited by Clifford J. Rogers, Kelly Devries, John France

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Suffolk : , : Boydell & Brewer, , 2007

ISBN

1-282-18556-X

9786612185564

1-84615-560-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The journal of medieval military history ; ; v. 5

Disciplina

355.0090205

Soggetti

Military history, Medieval

Military art and science - History - Medieval, 500-1500

Civilization, Medieval

Politics and war - Europe - History - To 1500

War and society - Europe - History - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; ARTICLES; 1. Literature as Essential Evidence for Understanding Chivalry; 2. The Battle of Hattin: A Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold?; 3. Hybrid or Counterpoise? A Study of Transitional Trebuchets; 4. The Struggle between the Nicaean Empire and the Bulgarian State (1254-1256): Towards a Revival of Byzantine Military Tactics under Theodore II Laskaris; 5. A "Clock-and-Bow" Story: Late Medieval Technology from Monastic Evidence; 6. The Strength of Lancastrian Loyalism during the Readeption: Gentry Participation at the Battle of Tewkesbury

7. Soldiers and Gentlemen: The Rise of the Duel in Renaissance ItalyDEBATE; "A Lying Legacy" Revisited: The Abels-Morillo Defense of Discontinuity

Sommario/riassunto

The broad topic of medieval warfare is here explored across the full chronological range of the Middle Ages, using a wide variety of approaches, including literary, prosopographical, technological, and narrative-based analysis. A key feature of the journal is its commitment to fostering debate on the most significant issues in medieval military



history; that tradition is continued here with Bernard Bachrach's argument against the idea that early medieval military structures and practices were sharply different from Late Antique ones. Individual battles, the Hattin campaign of 1187 and Byzantine war against Bulgaria in 1254-1256, are the focus of two other chapters; an article by Richard Kaeuper (based on his De Re Militari special lecture at the International Congress of Medieval Studies) emphasizes the value of chansons de geste and other `romance' material for understanding the mentalité of the martial lay aristocracy of medieval Christendom; and there are further articles on the factors that motivated gentlemen to fight, in both open warfare, and individual combat. Weapons of warfare are not neglected, with chapters casting light on the development of the crossbow and the trebuchet. CONTRIBUTORS: BERNARD S. BACHRACH, MICHAEL EHRLICH, MICHAEL BASISTA, NICHOLAS S. KANELLOPOULOS, JOANNE K. LEKEA, RICHARD W. KAEUPER, MARK DUPUY, MALCOLM MERCER, STEVEN C. HUGHES.