Forged in the Shadow of Mars : : Chivalry and Violence in Late Medieval Florence / / Peter W. Sposato.
In Forged in the Shadow of Mars, Peter W. Sposato traces chivalric ideology's powerful influence on the worldview and behavior of the elites of late medieval Florence. Sposato's work challenges traditional views of chivalry as foreign to the city-state's social and cultural landscape...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 p.) :; 2 b&w halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Names and Dates
- Introduction: Chivalry and the Chivalric Elite in Late Medieval Florence
- Chapter 1 Chivalry and Honor Violence
- Chapter 2 Chivalry and Social Violence
- Chapter 3 Brunetto Latini’s Il Tesoretto: A Case Study in Chivalric Reform
- Chapter 4 Chivalric Identity and the Profession of Arms
- Epilogue: The Chivalric Life of Buonaccorso Pitti (1354–1432)
- Bibliography: Archival sources
- Index