Noble Ideals and Bloody Realities : : Warfare in the Middle Ages /

Noble Ideals and Bloody Realities : : Warfare in the Middle Ages / / edited by Niall Christie, Maya Yazigi.

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The contributions presented in this volume address several issues related to the topic of medieval warfare from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and examining a number of geographical regions. The contributors analyze social and economic issues, military strategy, technological and medical dev...

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Superior document:History of Warfare ; 37
TeilnehmendeR:
Yazigi, Maya,
Christie, Niall,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
Year of Publication:2006
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:History of Warfare ; 37.
Physical Description:xx, 269 p.
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • Notes on Arabic Transliteration and References
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: NOBLE IDEALS: PERCEPTIONS OF WARFARE
  • "Collateral Damage?" Civilian Casualties in the Early Ideologies of Chivalry and Crusade; David J. Hay
  • Medieval Warfare and the Value of a Human Life; Kelly DeVries
  • Religious Campaign or War of Conquest? Muslim Views of the Motives of the First Crusade; Niall Christie
  • PART TWO: BLOODY REALITIES: WAR IN PRACTICE
  • Thinking about Crusader Strategy; John France
  • The Torture of Military Captives in the Crusades to the Medieval Middle East; Piers D. Mitchell
  • Holy War, Royal Wives, and Equivocation in Twelfth-Century Jerusalem; Deborah Gerish
  • Arming the Enemy: Non-Christians' Roles in the Military Culture of the Crown of Aragon during the Reconquista; Paula R. Stiles
  • Communal Piracy in Medieval England's Cinque Ports; David G. Sylvester
  • Wartime Corruption and Complaints of the English Peasantry; Ilana Krug
  • PART THREE: UNTO THE BREACH: RE-EXAMINING ISSUES IN MEDIEVAL AND MODERN MILITARY HISTORIOGRAPHY
  • The Military Revolution and the Early Islamic State; Hugh Kennedy
  • Byzantium, the Reluctant Warrior; Warren Treadgold
  • Reynald of Châtillon and the Red Sea Expedition of 1182-83; Marcus Milwright
  • Appendix.

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