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1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) |
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The De re militari of Vegetius in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance / Christopher Allmand -- Heroes of war : Ambroises's heroes of the Third Crusade / Marianne J. Ailes -- Warfare in the works of Rudolf Von Ems / W.H. Jackson -- Chronicling the Hundred Years War in Burgundy and France in the fifteenth century / Georges Le Brusque -- War and knighthood in Christine de Pizan's Livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie / Françoise Le Saux -- Barbour's Bruce: compilation in retrospect / Thea Summerfield -- 'Peace is good after war': the narrative seasons of English Arthurian tradition / Andrew Lynch -- The invisible siege: the depiction of warfare in the poetry of Chaucer / Simon Meecham-Jones -- Warfare and combat in Le morte Darthur / K.S. Whetter -- Women and warfare in medieval English writing / Corinne Saunders -- Speaking for the victim / Helen Cooper |
| Summary |
War is a powerful and enduring literary topos, a repeated theme in both secular and religious literary genres of the middle ages. The idea and practice of war is central to some of the most dominant subject matters in the medieval period - as well as to chivalry, to religion, to ideas of nationhood, to concepts of gender, the body and the psyche. This book considers the variety of responses to warfare and combat in medieval literature, beginning with a consideration of ideal military practice and the reception of Vegetius, contrasted with Christine de Pisan's treatise on warfare. The collection then turns to chronicling war, particularly in France, Germany and Scotland, and also covers the fictions of war, as presented in English Arthurian narratives, Chaucer, Malory, and pastoral poetry. It concludes with an examination of attitudes to women in warfare. Contributors: MARIANNE AILES, CHRISTOPHER ALLMAND, GEORGES LE BRUSQUE, HELEN COOPER, HARRY JACKSON, ANDREW LYNCH, SIMON MEECHAM-JONES, CORINNE SAUNDERS, FRANCOISE LE SAUX, THEA SUMMERFIELD, NEIL E. THOMAS, KEVIN S. WHETTER. CORINNE SAUNDERS and NEIL THOMAS are in the department of English Studies, University of Durham; FRANCOISE LE SAUX is in the department of French at the University of Reading |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
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War in literature.
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Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Literature, Medieval
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Military art and science -- Medieval
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War in literature
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Geschichtsschreibung
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Literatur
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Krieg Motiv
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Krieg
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Oorlogvoering.
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Letterkunde.
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Europe
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Europa
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Durham <2001>
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Saunders, Corinne J., 1963-
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Le Saux, Françoise H. M. (Françoise Hazel Marie), 1957-
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Thomas, Neil, 1949-
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| ISBN |
9781846152191 |
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1846152194 |
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1281949094 |
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9781281949097 |
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9786611949099 |
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6611949097 |
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