John of Salisbury: military authority of the twelfth-century Renaissance
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Main Author: Hosler, John D. ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2013
Series:History of warfare 89
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
John's Military Lexicon -- The Soldiers -- Organization and Logistics -- Armies at War -- The Language of War -- Contemporary Military Accounts -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Quotations and Allusions -- Appendix B: Military Terminology
The English scholar John of Salisbury was a major intellectual of the twelfth century whose contributions to the fields of education, grammar, political theory, and rhetoric are well-known. His significance is amplified further in this book, in which John D. Hosler examines his heretofore overlooked contributions to the ideals and practice of medieval warfare. This book surveys an array of military topics present within John's extant corpus, including generalship, strategy, tactics, logistics, military organization, and training; it also collates John's military lexicon and charts the influence of classical texts upon his conceptualization of war. John of Salisbury, it argues, deserves inclusion in the roll-call of military theoreticians and writers of pre-Reformation Europe
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:900422663X
9004251472
9789004226630
9789004251472