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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- 128240041X
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- Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
- Europe -- History, Military -- To 1500
- Surprise (Military science) -- History
- Deception (Military science) -- History
- Chivalry -- Europe -- History -- To 1500
- Middle Ages
- Art et science militaires -- Europe -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500
- Europe -- Histoire militaire -- Jusqu'à 1500
- Surprise (Science militaire) -- Histoire
- Déception (Science militaire) -- Histoire
- Moyen Âge
- HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy
- Chivalry
- Deception (Military science)
- Middle Ages
- Military art and science
- Surprise (Military science)
- Europe
- To 1500
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- U37 .W44 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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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