03264nam 22006134a 450 991082598850332120240416173623.00-8018-8880-8(CKB)1000000000482195(OCoLC)614506415(CaPaEBR)ebrary10188519(SSID)ssj0000185928(PQKBManifestationID)11182065(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185928(PQKBWorkID)10217233(PQKB)10380986(MiAaPQ)EBC3318318(MdBmJHUP)muse2517(Au-PeEL)EBL3318318(CaPaEBR)ebr10188519(OCoLC)923193426(EXLCZ)99100000000048219520050609d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJohn Hawkwood an English mercenary in fourteenth-century Italy /William Caferro1st ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Pressc20061 online resource (480 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-8323-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-447) and index.Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Hawkwood Chronology -- Introduction -- 1 John Hawkwood in Perspective: The Man and the Myth -- PART I: MAKING OF A WARRIOR -- 2 Essex Lad, King's Soldier, and Member of the White Company, 1323-1363 -- 3 Italy and the Profession of Arms -- PART II: RISE OF A MERCENARY CAPTAIN -- 4 The Fox and the Lion: The Pisan-Florentine War, 1363-1364 -- 5 John Hawkwood of Pisa and Milan, 1365-1372 -- 6 In the Service of God and Mammon, 1372-1375 -- PART III: THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER CAPTAIN IN ITALY -- 7 John Hawkwood and the War of Eight Saints, 1375-1377 -- 8 Love and Diplomacy, 1377-1379 -- 9 At Home in the Romagna, 1379-1381 -- 10 Neapolitan Soldier and Tuscan Lord, 1381-1384 -- PART IV: VETERAN CAPTAIN AND FLORENTINE HERO -- 11 The Deal with the Devil, the Birth of a Son, and a Victory at Castagnaro, 1385-1387 -- 12 At the Center of the Storm: Florence and the Military Buildup, 1387-1389 -- 13 The War against Milan, 1390-1392 -- 14 Two Weddings, a Funeral, and a Disputed Legacy, 1392-1394-1412 -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.Caferro has mined more than twenty archives in Britain and Italy, creating an authoritative portrait of Hawkwood as an extraordinary military leader, if not always an admirable human being.Mercenary troopsItalyHistoryTo 1500Soldiers of fortuneGreat BritainBiographyBritishItalyHistoryTo 1500ItalyHistory1268-1492BiographyMercenary troopsHistorySoldiers of fortuneBritishHistory355.3/54/092BCaferro William781604MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825988503321John Hawkwood1733283UNINA