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Author:   Timothy Guard
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 38
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.444kg
ISBN:  

9781783270910

ISBN 10:   1783270918
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   17 March 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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An impressive and richly textured study. (...) Guard's compelling account raises important questions about the roots of 14th-century English crusading, its long-term viability and the role of kings in promoting it. HISTORY TODAY

a thoroughly absorbing and carefully researched study of chivalry and crusading in the fourteenth century. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW An impressive and richly textured study. (...) Guard's compelling account raises important questions about the roots of 14th-century English crusading, its long-term viability and the role of kings in promoting it. HISTORY TODAY

It is difficult to do justice to the sheer breadth and richness of Guard's work..[It] is a wonderful treasury of detail on the activities and motivation of English crusaders and their careers in royal service, the practicalities of travel, literary reflections of crusading, the significance of the Holy Land in the ideology of the English monarchy, and much more. FRANCIA This is an immaculately presented and referenced study and it is characterized by a lucid and engaging style of writing. WAR IN HISTORY A thoroughly absorbing and carefully researched study of chivalry and crusading in the fourteenth century. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW An impressive and richly textured study. [...] Guard's compelling account raises important questions about the roots of 14th-century English crusading, its long-term viability and the role of kings in promoting it. HISTORY TODAY [An] extremely impressive work of scholarship, detailed, convincingly argued and supported by meticulous research. Guard's work [...] makes a significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of crusading after 1291. CRUSADES

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