Format:
Online-Ressource (480 p)
ISBN:
9780801883231
Content:
This ambitious account of Hawkwood is both a biography and a study of warfare and statecraft. William Caferro has mined more than twenty archives in England and Italy, creating an authoritative portrait of Hawkwood as an extraordinary military leader, if not always an admirable human being. In addition to a thorough account of Hawkwood's life and career, Caferro's study offers a fundamental reassessment of the Italian military situation and of the mercenary system.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Hawkwood Chronology -- Introduction -- 1 John Hawkwood in Perspective: The Man and the Myth -- PART I: MAKING OF A WARRIOR -- 2 Essex Lad, King's Soldier, and Member of the White Company, 1323-1363 -- 3 Italy and the Profession of Arms -- PART II: RISE OF A MERCENARY CAPTAIN -- 4 The Fox and the Lion: The Pisan-Florentine War, 1363-1364 -- 5 John Hawkwood of Pisa and Milan, 1365-1372 -- 6 In the Service of God and Mammon, 1372-1375 -- PART III: THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER CAPTAIN IN ITALY -- 7 John Hawkwood and the War of Eight Saints, 1375-1377 -- 8 Love and Diplomacy, 1377-1379 -- 9 At Home in the Romagna, 1379-1381 -- 10 Neapolitan Soldier and Tuscan Lord, 1381-1384 -- PART IV: VETERAN CAPTAIN AND FLORENTINE HERO -- 11 The Deal with the Devil, the Birth of a Son, and a Victory at Castagnaro, 1385-1387 -- 12 At the Center of the Storm: Florence and the Military Buildup, 1387-1389 -- 13 The War against Milan, 1390-1392 -- 14 Two Weddings, a Funeral, and a Disputed Legacy, 1392-1394-1412 -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""List of Figures and Maps""; ""Preface""; ""Hawkwood Chronology""; ""Introduction""; ""1 John Hawkwood in Perspective: The Man and the Myth""; ""PART I: MAKING OF A WARRIOR""; ""2 Essex Lad, King�s Soldier, and Member of the White Company, 1323�1363""; ""3 Italy and the Profession of Arms""; ""PART II: RISE OF A MERCENARY CAPTAIN""; ""4 The Fox and the Lion: The Pisan-Florentine War, 1363�1364""; ""5 John Hawkwood of Pisa and Milan, 1365�1372""; ""6 In the Service of God and Mammon, 1372�1375""; ""PART III: THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER CAPTAIN IN ITALY""
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""7 John Hawkwood and the War of Eight Saints, 1375�1377""""8 Love and Diplomacy, 1377�1379""; ""9 At Home in the Romagna, 1379�1381""; ""10 Neapolitan Soldier and Tuscan Lord, 1381�1384""; ""PART IV: VETERAN CAPTAIN AND FLORENTINE HERO""; ""11 The Deal with the Devil, the Birth of a Son, and a Victory at Castagnaro, 1385�1387""; ""12 At the Center of the Storm: Florence and the Military Buildup, 1387�1389""; ""13 The War against Milan, 1390�1392""; ""14 Two Weddings, a Funeral, and a Disputed Legacy, 1392�1394�1412""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendixes""; ""Notes""
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""References""""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780801888809
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780801883231
Additional Edition:
Print version John Hawkwood : An English Mercenary in Fourteenth-Century Italy
Language:
English
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