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Darrera modificació: 2009-08-30
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Whetham, David, Just Wars and Moral Victories: Surprise, deception and the normative framework of European war in the later Middle Ages, Leiden, E. J. Brill (History of Warfare, 55), 2009, viii + 262 pp.
- Resum
- While recognising the sophistication of the practice of medieval warfare, many people still have problems reconciling the widespread use of surprise and deception with the code of chivalric warfare. Was chivalry really just a meaningless veneer? If true, perhaps more perplexing are the many cases where surprise or deception were not employed and advantages were therefore sacrificed. This work argues that understanding these apparent inconsistencies requires an appreciation of the moral and legal context of medieval strategic thought. Through taking this approach, chivalric warfare can be seen for what it was - a very real framework or system of rules that allowed a result or decision to be reached which could be accepted by both sides.
Contents:
* Chapter One: Introduction
* Chapter Two: Metaphysical and Moral Context
* Chapter Three: The Role of War as a Legal Instrument in the Middle Ages.
* Chapter Four: The Epitome of Military Science
* Chapter Five: The Works of Geoffroy de Charny
* Chapter Six: Froissart: The Management of Chivalric Expectation
* Chapter Seven: Conclusion
- Matèries
- Història
Art militar
Cavalleria
Guerra
- Notes
- Fitxa de l'editor: http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=28210
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