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Medieval France at War : A Military History of the French Monarchy, 885–1305 / John France.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: War and Conflict in Premodern SocietiesPublisher: Leeds : ARC Humanities Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781641893602
  • 9781802700664
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.009440902 23/eng/20221206
LOC classification:
  • DC83 .F73 2022
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 TECHNOLOGY AND WARFARE -- Chapter 2 THE EMERGENCE OF FRANCE -- Chapter 3 FRENCH MONARCHICAL POWER IN CONTEXT -- Chapter 4 WARFARE IN FRANCE TO 1066 -- Chapter 5 A CLASH OF DYNASTIES 1066– 1180 -- Chapter 6 PHILIP II AND THE RISE OF FRANCE -- Chapter 7 THE EXPANSION OF FRANCE -- Chapter 8 LOUIS IX AND THE APOGEE OF FRENCH POWER -- Chapter 9 THE PROBLEMS OF POWER -- Chapter 10 PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARMY OF THE KINGS OF FRANCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Appendix A NOTE ON SOURCES -- INDEX
Summary: This book provides an overarching, comprehensive analysis of the French military in the medieval period. The focus is on the armies of the French monarchy and the lands close around them, extending from the Low Countries to Provence. Central themes include recruitment and payment; military organisation; leadership, strategy, and tactics; weapons and arms; chivalry, military culture, and the rise of military professionalism.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 TECHNOLOGY AND WARFARE -- Chapter 2 THE EMERGENCE OF FRANCE -- Chapter 3 FRENCH MONARCHICAL POWER IN CONTEXT -- Chapter 4 WARFARE IN FRANCE TO 1066 -- Chapter 5 A CLASH OF DYNASTIES 1066– 1180 -- Chapter 6 PHILIP II AND THE RISE OF FRANCE -- Chapter 7 THE EXPANSION OF FRANCE -- Chapter 8 LOUIS IX AND THE APOGEE OF FRENCH POWER -- Chapter 9 THE PROBLEMS OF POWER -- Chapter 10 PERSPECTIVES ON THE ARMY OF THE KINGS OF FRANCE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Appendix A NOTE ON SOURCES -- INDEX

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This book provides an overarching, comprehensive analysis of the French military in the medieval period. The focus is on the armies of the French monarchy and the lands close around them, extending from the Low Countries to Provence. Central themes include recruitment and payment; military organisation; leadership, strategy, and tactics; weapons and arms; chivalry, military culture, and the rise of military professionalism.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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