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
Summary
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
