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Auteur(s) : Guard, Timothy (1978-....)
Titre(s) : Chivalry, kingship and crusade [Texte imprimé] : the English experience in the fourteenth century / Timothy Guard
Publication : Woodbridge (GB) ; Rochester (N.Y.) : Boydell Press, 2013
Description matérielle : x, 280 p. : maps ; 24 cm
Collection : Warfare in history, ISSN 1358-779X
Lien à la collection : Warfare in history
Comprend : Introduction ; Questions and Perspectives ; Eastern Mediterranean and the Holy
Land ; Spain and North Africa ; The Baltic ; Constantinople and Eastern Europe
; Military service, careerism and the crusade ; 'All are truly blessed who are martyred
in battle': Crusading and Salvation ; Chivalry, literature and political culture
; The chivalric nation and images of the Crusader King ; Conclusion ; Appendix:
Register of English crusaders c. 1307-1399.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-261) and index
"The central theme of this book is the largely untold story of English knighthood's
ongoing obsession with the crusade fight during the age of Chaucer, "high chivalry"
and the famous battles of the Hundred Years War. After combat in France and Scotland,
fighting crusades was the main and a widespread experience of English chivalry in
the fourteenth century, drawing in noblemen of the highest rank, as well as knights
chasing renown and the jobbing esquire. The author exposes a thick seam of military
engagement along the perimeters of Christendom; details of participants and campaigns
are chronicled - in many cases for the first time - and associated matters of tactics,
diplomacy, organisation, and recruitment are minutely analysed, adding substantially
to the historiography of the later crusades. The book's second theme traces the surprisingly
strong grip the crusade-idea possessed at the height of politics, as an animating
force of English kingship. Disputing the common assumption that crusade plans were
increasingly ill-treated by the monarchs - adopted as diplomatic double-speak or as
a means of raiding church coffers - the author argues that courtiers and knights moved
in a rich environment of crusade speculation and ambition, and exercised a strong
influence on the culture of the time."--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Croisades -- 14e siècle
Croisades -- Participation britannique
Chevalerie -- Grande-Bretagne -- 14e siècle
Politique et gouvernement -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1066-1485
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781843838241 (rel.). - ISBN 1843838249
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb435776565
Notice n° :
FRBNF43577656
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