Mercenaries and paid men : : the mercenary identity in the Middle Ages: proceedings of a conference held at University of Wales, Swansea, 7th-9th July 2005 / / edited by John France.
Mercenaries have always had a poor press. Theirs is one of the world's oldest professions, but the very word has profoundly negative connotations of infidelity and ruthlessness. But were they so different from soldiers? Why, in any case, were they so omnipresent in the warfare of the medieval a...
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Superior document: | History of warfare, v. 47 |
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Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
Series: | History of warfare ;
v. 47. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
Notes: | Papers from the conference "Mercenaries and Paid Men: the Mercenary Identity in the Middle Ages" held at the University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom on July 7-9, 2005. |
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