Just wars and moral victories : surprise, deception and the normative framework of European war in the later Middle Ages / by David Whetham.

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Whetham, David

Material type: Text

TextSeries: History of warfare ; v. 55.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (266 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9789047424857
9047424859
128240041X
9781282400412

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Just wars and moral victories.DDC classification:

355/.47409024 22

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U37 .W44 2009eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- Metaphysical and moral context -- The role of war as a legal instrument in the Middle Ages -- The epitome of military science -- The works of Geoffroy de Charny -- Froissart : the management of chivalric expectation -- Conclusion.

Summary: By exploring the moral and legal context of medieval strategic thinking, this work explains how the use of surprise and deception could, in certain circumstances, be reconciled with the practise of chivalric warfare.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

By exploring the moral and legal context of medieval strategic thinking, this work explains how the use of surprise and deception could, in certain circumstances, be reconciled with the practise of chivalric warfare.

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