Mercenaries and paid men : the mercenary identity in the Middle Ages : proceedings of a conference held at University of Wales, Swansea, 7th-9th July 2005 / edited by John France.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

France, John.

Series:

History of warfare 1385-7827 ; v. 47.

History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 47

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history, Medieval--Congresses.

Military history, Medieval.

Mercenary troops--Europe--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Mercenary troops.

Military art and science--History--Medieval, 500-1500--Congresses.

Military art and science.

History.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 415 pages : map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2008]

Summary:

Mercenaries have always had a poor press. Theirs is one of the world's oldest professions, but the very word has profoundly negative connotations of infidelity and ruthlessness. But were they so different from other soldiers? Why, in any case, were they so omnipresent in the warfare of the medieval and early modern period? What kind of men became mercenaries and where did they come from? These are some of the questions which the essays in this volume address.

Contributors are: Richard Abels, Bernard Bachrach, David Bachrach, Adrian Bell, Charles Bowlus, David Crouch, Guido Dall'Oro, Kelly Devries, Sven Ekdahl, John Hosler, John Law, Alan Murray, Stephen Morillo, Laura Napran, EljasOksanen, Carlos Andrez Gonzalez Paz, Ciaran Og O'Reilly, Muriosa Prendergast, Nicolas Prouteau, John Pryor, Ifor Rowlands, Spencer Smith.

Contents:

William Marshal and the Mercenariat / David Crouch 15

Revisiting Mercenaries under Henry Fitz Empress, 1167-1188 / John D. Hosler 33

Medieval Mercenaries: Methodology, Definitions, and Problems / Kelly DeVries 43

Les Mercenaires dans les Campagnes Napolitaines de Louis le Grand, Roi de Hongrie, 1347-1350 / Guido Guerri dall'Oro 61

The Da Varano Lords of Camerino as Condottiere Princes / John E. Law 89

'Beneath the Battle'? Miners and Engineers as 'Mercenaries' in the Holy Land (XII-XIII siecles) / Nicolas Prouteau 105

Soldiers of Fortune in the Fleets of Charles I of Anjou, King of Sicily, ca. 1265-85 / John H. Pryor 119

Household Men, Mercenaries and Vikings in Anglo-Saxon England / Richard Abels 143

Merovingian Mercenaries and Paid Soldiers in Imperial Perspective / Bernard S. Bachrach 167

The Early Hungarians as Mercenaries 860-955 / Charles R. Bowlus 193

'Warriors Fit for a Prince': Welsh Troops in Angevin Service, 1154-1216 / I.W. Rowlands 207

Urban Military Forces of England and Germany c. 1240-c. 1315, a Comparison / David S. Bachrach 231

Mercenaries, Mamluks and Militia: Towards a Cross-cultural Typology of Military Service / Stephen Morillo 243

The Anglo-Flemish Treaties and Flemish Soldiers in England 1101-1163 / Eljas Oksanen 261

The Origin of Money-Fiefs in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem / Alan V. Murray 275

Mercenaries and Paid Men in Gilbert of Mons / Laura Napran 287

The Fourteenth Century Soldier-More Chaucer's Knight or Medieval Career? / Adrian R. Bell 301

What does a Mercenary Leave Behind? The Archaeological Evidence for the Estates of Owain Lawgoch / Spencer Gavin Smith 317

The Role of Mercenary Troops in Spain in the Fourteenth Century: the Civil War / Carlos Andres Gonzalez Paz 331

The Teutonic Order's Mercenaries during the 'Great War' with Poland-Lithuania (1409-11) / Sven Ekdahl 345

Scots Mercenary Forces in Sixteenth Century Ireland / Muriosa Prendergast 363

The Irish Mercenary Tradition in the 1600s / Ciaran Og O'Reilly 383.

Notes:

The papers in this volume were given at a conference, 'Mercenaries and Paid Men. The Mercenary Identity in the Middle Ages' held at Swansea University."--P. 12.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004164475

9004164472

OCLC:

183266512