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This is the first specific, large-scale study of conduct in warfare and the nature of chivalry in the Anglo-Norman period.
The extent to which the knighthood consciously sought to limit the extent of fatalities among its members is explored through a study of notions of a brotherhood in arms, the actualities of combat and the effectiveness of armour, the treatment of prisoners, and the workings of ransom. Were there 'laws of war' in operation in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and, if so, were they binding? How far did notions of honour affect knights' actions in war itself?
Conduct in war against an opposing suzerain such as the Capetian king is contrasted to behaviour in situations of rebellion and of civil war. A study of aristocratic violence towards churches in war, and of the mechanisms of ravaging, examines the behaviour of the knighthood to the other ordines of society, the Church and the peasantry. An overall context is provided by an examination of the behaviour in war of the Scots and the mercenary routiers, both accused of perpetrating 'atrocities'.
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Chivalry, Civilization, History, History, Military, Knights and knighthood, Military History, Normans, Normans, great britain, Great britain, history, military, Great britain, history, norman period, 1066-1154, Normandy (france), history, Great britain, civilization, Great britain, history, medieval period, 1066-1485Places
England, France, Great Britain, Normandy, Normandy (France)Showing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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War and Chivalry: The Conduct and Perception of War in England and Normandy, 10661217
November 24, 2005, Cambridge University Press
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0521023467 9780521023467
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War and chivalry: the conduct and perception of war in England and Normandy, 1066-1217
1996, Cambridge University Press
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052144392X 9780521443920
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[341]-365) and index.
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