John Hawkwood : an English mercenary in fourteenth-century Italy / / William Caferro
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| Autore: |
Caferro William
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| Titolo: |
John Hawkwood : an English mercenary in fourteenth-century Italy / / William Caferro
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| Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (480 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.3/54/092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Mercenary troops - Italy - History - To 1500 |
| Soldiers of fortune - Great Britain | |
| British - Italy - History - To 1500 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Italy History 1268-1492 Biography |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-447) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | John Hawkwood |
| ISBN: | 0-8018-8880-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825988503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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