The chivalric ethos and the development of military professionalism / edited by D.J.B. Trim.

• Superior document: History of warfare, v. 11
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Trim, D. J. B.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: History of warfare ; v. 11.
• Physical Description: xii, 359 p., 9 p. of plates :; ill.

Table of Contents

• Machine generated contents note: Illustrations vii
• Contributors ix
• Acknowledgements xi
• List of Abbreviations xiii
• 1. Introduction
• D.J.B. Trim 1
• PROLOGUE
• 2. Why Chivalry? Military 'Professionalism' in the Twelfth Century: The Origins and Expressions of a Socio-military Ethos
• Matthew Bennett 41
• STUDIES IN CHIVALRY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN LATE-MEDIEVAL AND EARLY-MODERN EUROPE
• 3. Condottieri and Captains in Renaissance Italy
• Michael Mallett 67
• 4. The Portuguese Nobility, and the Rise and Decline of Portuguese Military Power, 1400-1650
• Malyn J. Newitt 89
• 5. Artisans, Architects and Aristocrats: Professionalism and Renaissance Military Engineering
• Simon Pepper 117
• 6. Chivalry and Professionalism in the French Armies of the Renaissance
• David Potter 149
• 7. Chivalry, Military Professionalism and the Early Tudor Army in Renaissance Europe: a reassessment
• Luke MacMahon 183
• 8. Chivalry and Professionalism in Electoral Saxony in the Mid-Sixteenth Century
• Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly 213
• 9. Soldados Platicos and Caballeros: The Social Dimensions of Ethics in the Early Modern Spanish Army
• Fernando Gonzilez de Len 235
• 10. Army, Society and Military Professionalism in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War
• D. J. B. Trim 269
• 11. The Officer Corps and Army Command in the British Isles, 1620-1660
• Martyn Bennett 291
• POSTSCRIPT: THE LAST GASP OF CHIVALRY?
• 12. Shoot Them All: Chivalry, Honour and the Confederate Army Officer Corps
• Mark A. Weitz 321
• Index 349.