War And Government In The Middle Ages

Author : John Gillingham,James Clarke Holt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4362229

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War and Government in the Middle Ages by John Gillingham,James Clarke Holt Pdf

A valuable group of papers by pupils and associates of John Prestwich, which reflects his own rigorous questioning of the sources to elicit a clear picture of the realities of the wars that so concerned the medieval state.' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS

Author : John Gillingham
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Imports
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0389204757

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War and Government in the Middle Ages by John Gillingham Pdf

A valuable group of papers by pupils and associates of John Prestwich, which reflects his own rigorous questioning of the sources to elicit a clear picture of the realities of the wars that so concerned the medieval state.' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS

Author : Christopher Allmand
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781386903

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War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France by Christopher Allmand Pdf

The essays in this volume portray the public life of late medieval France as that country established its position as a leader of western European society in the early modern world. A central theme is the contribution made by contemporary writers, chroniclers and commentators, such as Jean Froissart, William Worcester and Philippe de Commynes, to our understanding of the past. Who were they? What picture of their times did they present? Were their works intended to influence their contemporaries and what success did they enjoy? Other contributions deal with the exercise of political power, the relationship between the court and those in authority in far-flung reaches of the kingdom, and the role and status of the death penalty as deterrent, punishment and means of achieving justice.

Author : Jurgen Brauer,Hubert van Tuyll
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226071657

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Castles, Battles, & Bombs by Jurgen Brauer,Hubert van Tuyll Pdf

Castles, Battles, and Bombs reconsiders key episodes of military history from the point of view of economics—with dramatically insightful results. For example, when looked at as a question of sheer cost, the building of castles in the High Middle Ages seems almost inevitable: though stunningly expensive, a strong castle was far cheaper to maintain than a standing army. The authors also reexamine the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II and provide new insights into France’s decision to develop nuclear weapons. Drawing on these examples and more, Brauer and Van Tuyll suggest lessons for today’s military, from counterterrorist strategy and military manpower planning to the use of private military companies in Afghanistan and Iraq. "In bringing economics into assessments of military history, [the authors] also bring illumination. . . . [The authors] turn their interdisciplinary lens on the mercenary arrangements of Renaissance Italy; the wars of Marlborough, Frederick the Great, and Napoleon; Grant's campaigns in the Civil War; and the strategic bombings of World War II. The results are invariably stimulating."—Martin Walker, Wilson Quarterly "This study is serious, creative, important. As an economist I am happy to see economics so professionally applied to illuminate major decisions in the history of warfare."—Thomas C. Schelling, Winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics

Author : George William Coopland
Publisher : Liverpool [Eng.] : Liverpool University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036403660

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War, Literature, and Politics in the Late Middle Ages by George William Coopland Pdf

Author : C. T. Allmand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1846314429

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War, Government and Power in Late Medieval France by C. T. Allmand Pdf

The essays in this volume portray the public life of late medieval France as that country established its position as a leader of western European society in the early modern world. A central theme is the contribution made by contemporary writers, chroniclers and commentators, such as Jean Froissart, William Worcester and Philippe de Commynes, to our understanding of the past. Who were they? What picture of their times did they present? Were their works intended to influence their contemporaries and what success did they enjoy? Other contributions deal with the exercise of political power, the relationship between the court and those in authority in far-flung reaches of the kingdom, and the role and status of the death penalty as deterrent, punishment and means of achieving justice.

Author : Edmund Curtis,Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven,James F. Lydon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Essays
ISBN : UCSC:32106019830683

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Government, War and Society in Medieval Ireland by Edmund Curtis,Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven,James F. Lydon Pdf

This volume brings together twenty classic essays by three of the greatest historians of later medieval Ireland: Edmund Curtis (d. 1943), Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven (d. 1989) and James Lydon. These scholars successively held the Lecky Chair of Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin, for a period of nearly fifty years. The collection includes several of theirÃ?Â?Ã?Â?most influential studies on the social, institutional, and political character of the English colony in Ireland between the invasion of the late 12th century and the 'Act of Kingly Title' in 1541. It includes Otway-Ruthven's unsurpassed studies of central and local government; and James Lydon's seminal explorations of the identity of the English community in medieval Ireland. To set the scene for this pioneering work, the collection opens with Edmund Curtis' lecture on 'Irish history and its popular versions' - delivered in 1925, as the fledgling Irish Free State was coming to terms with independence. The republication of these essays in a single collection will provide scholars, students and the general public alike with ready access to an invaluable intellectual resource.

Author : Chris Given-Wilson,Ann J. Kettle,Len Scales
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1843833891

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War, Government and Aristocracy in the British Isles, C.1150-1500 by Chris Given-Wilson,Ann J. Kettle,Len Scales Pdf

Crown-magnate relations, the Anglo-Scottish, Anglo-French and Anglo-Irish wars, national and local finance and administration and the nature of late medieval kingship are among the principal themes explored in this volume, along with aristocratic consumption, historical writing, chivalric culture and a review of recent work on crusading history. All newly commissioned from distinguished scholars, they shed new light on late medieval British political, military and governmental history. CONTRIBUTORS: NICHOLAS VINCENT, DAVID CARPENTER, M. L. HOLFORD, ARCHIE DUNCAN, MATTHEW STRICKLAND, BJORN WEILER, ROBIN FRAME, ANDY KING, W. MARK ORMROD, G. L. HARRISS, NORMAN HOUSLEY, ANNE CURRY, MAURICE KEEN, WENDY CHILDS

Author : Richard W. Kaeuper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015012994896

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War, Justice, and Public Order by Richard W. Kaeuper Pdf

This is a study of two topics of central importance in late medieval history: the impact of war, and the control of disorder. Making war and making law were the twin goals of the state, and the author examines the effect of the evolution of royal government in England and France. Ranging broadly between 1000 and 1400, he focuses principally on the period c.1290 to c.1360, and compares developments in the two countries in four related areas: the economic and political costs of war; the development of royal justice; the crown's attempt to control private violence; and the relationship between public opinion and government action. He argues that as France suffered near breakdown under repeated English invasions, the authority of the crown became more acceptable to the internal warring factions; whereas the English monarchy, unable to meet the expectations for internal order which arose partly from its own ambitious claims to be 'keeper of the peace', had to devolve much of its judicial powers. In these linked problems of war, justice, and public order may lie the origins of English 'constitutionalism' and French 'absolutism'.

Author : Christopher Allmand
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000576528

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Aspects of War in the Late Middle Ages by Christopher Allmand Pdf

This Variorum collection of articles is intended to illustrate that conflict in the late Middle Ages was not only about soldiers and fighting (about the makers and the making of war), important as these were. Just as it remains in our own day, war was a subject which attracted writers (commentators, moralists and social critics among them), some of whom glorified war, while others did not. For the historian the written word is important evidence of how war, and those taking part in it, might be regarded by the wider society. One question was supremely important: what was the standing among their contemporaries of those who fought society’s wars? How was war seen on the moral scale of the time? The last two sections deal with a particular war, the ‘occupation’ of northern France by the English between 1420 and 1450. The men who conquered the duchy, and then served to keep it under English control for those years, had to be rewarded with lands, titles, administrative and military responsibilities, even (for the clergy) ecclesiastical benefices. For these, war spelt ‘opportunity’, whose advantages they would be reluctant to surrender. The final irony lies in the fact that Frenchmen, returning to claim their ancestral rights once the English had been driven out, frequently found it difficult to unravel both the legal and the practical consequences of a war which had caused a considerable upheaval in Norman society over a period of a single generation. (CS 1106).

Author : Donald J. Kagay,L. J. Andrew Villalon
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0851156452

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The Circle of War in the Middle Ages by Donald J. Kagay,L. J. Andrew Villalon Pdf

Medieval warfare on both land and sea examined by leading scholars in the field. Different aspects of medieval warfare form the focus for this collection of essays by both established and new scholars. They range from a reconsideration of several problems of military historiography to explorations of the medieval view of divine influence on the battlefield, and the emergence of complex strategic and tactical norms of naval warfare in the medieval Mediterranean. Other topics examined include the role of mercenaries; crusader warfare; and Anglo-Norman women at war.Contributors: BERNARD S. BACHRACH, THERESA M. VANN, PAUL E. CHEVEDDEN, STEPHEN MORILLO, EDWARD G. SCHOENFELD, KENT G. HARE, KELLY DEVRIES, STEVEN ISAAC, JEAN A. TRUAX, STEVEN G. LANE, DOUGLAS C. HALDANE, LAWRENCE V. MOTT

Author : Philippe Contamine
Publisher : Blackwell Publishing
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : 0631144692

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War in the Middle Ages by Philippe Contamine Pdf

A history of medieval warfare in Europe covers the fifth through the fifteenth century and discusses armor, artillery, strategy, and courage

Author : Brian Patrick McGuire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : UOM:39015032433602

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War and Peace in the Middle Ages by Brian Patrick McGuire Pdf

Author : David Potter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0521431891

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War and Government in the French Provinces by David Potter Pdf

Few studies of the history of provincial France have hitherto spanned the conventional medieval/early-modern divide, and David Potter's detailed examination of war and government in Picardy, a region of France hitherto neglected by historians, has much to say about the development of French absolutism. Picardy emerged as a province after the campaigns of 1470-1477, and its experience of the first period of absolutism provides an enlightening contrast with that of other, more outlying provinces: the Picard nobility was notable for the extent of its participation in the army, the court and the government of France. David Potter provides a detailed analysis of the organisation of French military power in the province, and its impact during the period of the Habsburg-Valois wars. The work concludes with Picardy about to enter a difficult period of civil war.

Author : Edmund Curtis,Peter Crooks,Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven,James F. Lydon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 1846828317

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Government, War and Society in Medieval Ireland by Edmund Curtis,Peter Crooks,Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven,James F. Lydon Pdf