Chivalry and the ideals of knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War / Craig Taylor.
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- Krebs, Christoph Witwe
- Chivalry -- Philosophy
- Chivalry -- France -- History -- To 1500
- Chivalry in literature -- History -- To 1500
- Knights and knighthood -- France -- History -- To 1500
- Knights and knighthood in literature -- History -- To 1500
- Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
- War and society -- France -- History -- To 1500
- Chevalerie -- Philosophie
- Guerre de Cent Ans, 1339-1453
- HISTORY
- Chivalry
- Chivalry in literature
- Knights and knighthood
- Knights and knighthood in literature
- War and society
- France
- Frankreich
- Hundred Years' War (1339-1453)
- To 1500
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- CR4519 .T38 2013eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Craig Taylor examines French debates on the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the Hundred Years War.
Preface ; Abbreviations ; Introduction ; 1 Texts and cont exts ; Crises affecting France ; Reactions of the writers ; Moral reform and discipline ; Leadership ; Conclusion ; 2 Honour ; Chivalric honour ; The role of texts ; Virtue and vainglory.
Violence and competition Reciprocity and trustworthiness ; Conclusion ; 3 Prowess and loyalty ; Prowess and deeds of arms ; Representations of violence ; Defining chivalric violence ; Conclusion ; 4 Courage ; Debating courage ; Courage, cowardice and rashness.
Inspiring courage Conclusion ; 5 Mercy (part I): soldiers ; Mercy and vengeance ; The treatment of combatants ; Praising mercy ; Conclusion ; 6 Mercy (part II): civilians and non-combatants ; Commentary on the treatment of civilians in war.
The treatment of civilians outside military campaigns Conclusion ; 7 Wisdom and prudence ; Defining prudence ; The art of warfare ; The value of books ; Reading Vegetius ; The science of war ; Conclusion ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Printed sources ; Secondary literature.
English.
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