John of Salisbury : military authority of the twelfth-century renaissance / by John D. Hosler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hosler, John D.

Series:

History of Warfare 89.

History of warfare ; 89

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--Europe--History--To 1500.

Military art and science.

John, of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres, -1180--Criticism and interpretation.

John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The English scholar John of Salisbury was a major intellectual of the twelfth century whose contributions to the fields of education, grammar, political theory, and rhetoric are well-known. His significance is amplified further in John of Salisbury: Military Authority of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance , in which John D. Hosler examines his heretofore overlooked contributions to the ideals and practice of medieval warfare. This book surveys an array of military topics present within John’s extant corpus, including generalship, strategy, tactics, logistics, military organization, and training; it also collates John’s military lexicon and charts the influence of classical texts upon his conceptualization of war. John of Salisbury, it argues, deserves inclusion in the roll-call of military theoreticians and writers of pre-Reformation Europe.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / John D. Hosler

Introduction / John D. Hosler

John’s Military Lexicon / John D. Hosler

The Soldiers / John D. Hosler

Organization and Logistics / John D. Hosler

Armies at War / John D. Hosler

The Language of War / John D. Hosler

Contemporary Military Accounts / John D. Hosler

Conclusion / John D. Hosler

Appendix A. Quotations and Allusions / John D. Hosler

Appendix B. Military Terminology / John D. Hosler

Bibliography / John D. Hosler

Index / John D. Hosler.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-25147-2

OCLC:

846494807

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004251472 DOI