Overview

In medieval and Renaissance Europe, mercenaries--professional soldiers who fought for money or other rewards--played violent, colorful, international roles in warfare, but they have received relatively little scholarly attention. In this book a large number of vignettes portray their activities in Western Europe over a period of nearly 900 years, from the Merovingian mercenaries of 752 through the Thirty Years' War, which ended in 1648. Intended as an introduction to the subject and drawing heavily on contemporary first-person accounts, the book creates a vivid but balanced mosaic of the many thousands of mercenaries who were hired to fight for various employers.

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Author:   Hunt Janin ,  Ursula Carlson
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9780786472741

ISBN 10:   078647274
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   16 July 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface  1 Introduction: An Overview of Medieval and Renaissance Warfare  5 I. Meeting the Warriors and the Tools of Their Trade  23 II. The ­Long-­Haired Kings  48 III. “Human thoughts are inclined to greed”  60 IV. “They went about in bands of thousands”  74 V. “All the foreign knights, bowmen, their attendants and the mercenaries”  84 VI. “An escort of galloglas armed with ­battle-­axes”  92 VII. “Drink thy blood, Beaumanoir”  104 VIII. “They were bold and warlike fellows”  116 IX. A Skeleton in Armor  132 X. “The Light of Italy”  142 XI. “Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless deleteand dangerous”  151 Conclusions  169 Appendices 1. Armor  175 2. Swiss Mercenaries  178 Chronology  181 Chapter Notes  185 Bibliography  195 Index  205

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Hunt Janin is an American writer living in southwestern France. He has written numerous nonfiction and scholarly books on a range of subjects, including medieval history and cross-cultural studies. Ursula Carlson is a professor emerita at Western Nevada College, Carson City, Nevada.

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