By sword and fire: cruelty and atrocity in medieval warfare
Sean McGlynn investigates the reality of medieval warfare. For all the talk of chivalry, medieval warfare routinely involved acts which we would consider war crimes today. This is a 'warts and all' portrait of war in the Middle Ages that combines vivid narrative with explanation and analys...
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| Summary: | Sean McGlynn investigates the reality of medieval warfare. For all the talk of chivalry, medieval warfare routinely involved acts which we would consider war crimes today. This is a 'warts and all' portrait of war in the Middle Ages that combines vivid narrative with explanation and analysis. |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
List of illustrations
IX
Preface
xi
Acknowledgements
xvi
A note on sources
xvii
Maps
xviii
I VIOLENCE
I
Introduction
I
Crime and Punishment
5
2
WAR
36
The King as Judge and Executioner
36
The King as Warrior
52
The Church and Just War
61
Chivalry and the Laws of War
71
3
BATTLES
81
Battles in Medieval Warfare
85
Massacres of Prisoners
91
Verden,
782
92
Waterford,
ujo
95
Hattin,
ΐΐ8γ
and Acre, 1191
100
Agincourt, 1415
З
Towton,
1461
and Tewkesbury, 1471
Г29
Conclusions
13З
4
SIEGES
141
Sieges in Medieval Warfare
143
Storm, Sack and Non-Combatants
151
CONTENTS
Jerusalem, iogg 152
Château Gaillard,
1203—4 161
Béziers,
120g 170
Limoges,
1370 179
Conclusions
185
5
CAMPAIGNS
195
Campaigns in Medieval Warfare
195
Ravaging
197
William the Conqueror s Harrying of the
North,
1069-70 200
King David s Scottish Invasions, 1138
208
King John s Winter Campaign, 1215—16
222
The Black Prince s Grand
Chevauchée,
1355
2зз
Conclusions
239
6
MEDIEVAL SAVAGERY?
245
Notes
254
Select Bibliography
266
Index
275
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