Just wars and moral victories: surprise, deception and the normative framework of European war in the later Middle Ages
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Beteilige Person: Whetham, David (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2009
Schriftenreihe:History of warfare 55
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https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004171534.i-268
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Metaphysical and moral context -- The role of war as a legal instrument in the Middle Ages -- The epitome of military science -- The works of Geoffroy de Charny -- Froissart : the management of chivalric expectation -- Conclusion
By exploring the moral and legal context of medieval strategic thinking, this work explains how the use of surprise and deception could, in certain circumstances, be reconciled with the practise of chivalric warfare
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (266 S.)
ISBN:9789047424857
9047424859
DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004171534.i-268