Revisiting decadence : a behavioral interpretation of fifteenth-century historical narrative / L.B. Ross.

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Ross, L. B

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9781443819565
1443819565
9781443820233
1443820237
1282588311
9781282588318
9786612588310
6612588314

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909.4 22

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CB353 .R677 2010eb

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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; WAR LEADERSHIP; STAGED VIOLENCE; POWER PLAYS; INTIMACY AND VICTIMIZATION; ALIEN ENCOUNTERS; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Summary: This volume is an introduction to the fifteenth century through chronicles and personal recollections of a diverse group of its French- and English-speaking writers. It revisits some of the principal events and personalities of that era through anecdotes illustrating interpersonal behavior. It examines how writers evaluated the conduct of their contemporaries and how some of their pessimistic conclusions may have contributed to the reputation for decadence of their century.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272).

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TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; WAR LEADERSHIP; STAGED VIOLENCE; POWER PLAYS; INTIMACY AND VICTIMIZATION; ALIEN ENCOUNTERS; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY.

This volume is an introduction to the fifteenth century through chronicles and personal recollections of a diverse group of its French- and English-speaking writers. It revisits some of the principal events and personalities of that era through anecdotes illustrating interpersonal behavior. It examines how writers evaluated the conduct of their contemporaries and how some of their pessimistic conclusions may have contributed to the reputation for decadence of their century.

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