Hostages in the Middle Ages / Adam J. Kosto.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kosto, Adam J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hostages--Europe--History--To 1500.

Hostages.

International relations--History--To 1500.

International relations.

Political kidnapping--Europe--History--To 1500.

Political kidnapping.

Diplomacy--History--To 1500.

Diplomacy.

Political culture--Europe--History--To 1500.

Political culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Hostages in the Middle Ages' examines the changing situations in which hostages were used in Europe and the Mediterranean world from the 5th to the 15th centuries, touching on a wide range of topics in military, diplomatic, political, social gender, economic, and legal history.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Note on Citations; 1. Hostages in the Middle Ages: Problems and Perspectives; A Very Short History of Hostages; Hostages and Historians; Finding Hostages in the Medieval Sources; Outline; 2. Varieties and Logics of Medieval Hostageship; Varieties of Hostageship; The Logics of Hostageship; Hostages and the Theory of Contracts; Appendix: Execution of Hostages; 3. Hostages in the Early Middle Ages: Communication, Conversion, and Structures of Alliance; Hostages and Political Communication; The Wider Impact of Hostage Agreements

The Fate of Hostages: Three EpisodesEarly Medieval Hostageship in Context; 4. Hostages in the Later Middle Ages: Representation, Finance, and the Laws of War; Female Hostages; Hostages as Representatives; Hostages and the Laws of War; Conditional Respite; Conditional Release and Ransom; Financial Transactions and the Development of Rules; 5. Conditional Hostages; Peace Texts; The Earliest Conditional Hostages; International Treaties; Hostages for Monetary Debts; 6. The King's Ransom; Captive Crusader Kings: Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1123) and Louis IX of France (1250)

Richard I of England (Treaty of Worms, 1193)Charles II of Naples (Treaty of Canfranc, 1288); David II of Scotland (Treaty of Berwick, 1357); James I of Scotland (Treaty of London, 1424); 7. Hostageship Interpreted, from the Middle Ages to the Age of Terrorism; Medieval Views of Hostageship; From Vitoria to Nuremberg and Beyond; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 16, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613717658

0-19-162677-5

1-280-87634-4

OCLC:

922971285