02675nam 2200517 450 991079567130332120230126202359.01-5017-6191-910.1515/9781501761911(MiAaPQ)EBC6532970(Au-PeEL)EBL6532970(CKB)21250884900041(OCoLC)1268121225(MdBmJHUP)musev2_97332(DE-B1597)584764(DE-B1597)9781501761911(EXLCZ)992125088490004120220309d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierForged in the shadow of Mars chivalry and violence in late medieval Florence /Peter W. SposatoIthaca :Cornell University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (246 pages)Print version: Sposato, Peter W. Forged in the Shadow of Mars Ithaca : Cornell University Press,c2022 9781501761904 Chivalry and Honor Violence -- Chivalry and Social Violence -- Brunetto Latini's Il Tesoretto : A Case Study in Chivalric Reform -- Chivalric Identity and the Profession of Arms -- Epilogue : The Chivalric Life of Buonaccorso Pitti (1354-1432)."Challenges the current understanding of elite culture in late medieval Florence by arguing that chivalric ideology, traditionally considered by scholars to be foreign to the social and cultural landscape of late medieval Italian cities, played a major role in shaping the mentality and behavior of many Florentine elites, especially members of ancient lineages. This book offers the first examination of chivalric culture and its practitioners, who played an important but understudied role in the transformation of Florence into the dominant territorial state in north-central Italy"--Provided by publisher.ChivalryItalyFlorenceHistoryTo 1500Knights and knighthoodItalyHistoryFlorence (Italy)HistoryTo 1421Florence (Italy)Civilizationhonor violence, social violence, chivalric violence, elite culture in late medieval Florence, chivalric ideology, chivalry and knighthood, history of violence in medieval/Renaissance Italy.ChivalryHistoryKnights and knighthoodHistory.945.03088355Sposato Peter1496899MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795671303321Forged in the shadow of Mars3863535UNINA