The Captivity of John II, 1356-60

The Captivity of John II, 1356-60

Author: Neil Murphy

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-21

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1137532947

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This book provides a systematic analysis of the innovations that occurred in the display of royal power during John II’s four years in English captivity. Neil Murphy shows how the French king’s competition with Edward III led to a revolution in the presentation of the royal image, manifesting through developments to the sacral character of the French monarchy, lavish displays of gift giving, and the use of courtly display. Showing that the Hundred Years War was not just fought on the battlefields of France, this book unravels how the war played out daily in the competition for status between Edward III and John II.


Guillaume de Machaut

Guillaume de Machaut

Author: Lawrence Earp

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-08-21

Total Pages: 696

ISBN-13: 1136781765

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This book provides an overview of the current state of research on Machaut, the major figure of 14th-century French music and poetry, giving fair representation to the many areas of Machaut research that are pursued in fields outside music.Coverage of the current state of knowledge on each of the manuscripts includes the newly discovered Aberystwyth manuscript, described in detail here for the first time. A section on the large narrative poems pulls together recent research of several scholars and offers new views. An up-to-date concordance of the miniatures in all of the illustrated Machaut manuscripts gives information on where published studies and facsimiles may be found. The discography is the most complete list of Machaut recordings yet compiled and provides critical evaluations of recordings most valuable for instruction, according to our latest conception of performance practice in the 14th-century.A biography section organizes the documentary material in a way that will facilitate further research. The bibliography of secondary works cites books, editions, articles, and dissertations (including forthcoming works) from 1740 to 1991, in French, English, the other western European languages, Polish, Russian, and Japanese. The volume is fully indexed.


The Hundred Years War, Volume 2

The Hundred Years War, Volume 2

Author: Jonathan Sumption

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 9780812218015

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Covers the period from the Truce of Calais, in 1347, to the 1367 victory at Najera, and its aftermath.


Monarchy, Aristocracy and State in Europe 1300-1800

Monarchy, Aristocracy and State in Europe 1300-1800

Author: Hillay Zmora

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1134747985

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Monarchy, Aristocracy and the State in Europe 1300 - 1800 is an important survey of the relationship between monarchy and state in early modern European history. Spanning five centuries and covering England, France, Spain, Germany and Austria, this book considers the key themes in the formation of the modern state in Europe. The relationship of the nobility with the state is the key to understanding the development of modern government in Europe. In order to understand the way modern states were formed, this book focusses on the implications of the incessant and costly wars which European governments waged against each other, which indeed propelled the modern state into being. Monarchy, Aristocracy and the State in Europe 1300-1800 takes a fascinating thematic approach, providing a useful survey of the position and role of the nobility in the government of states in early modern Europe.


The Hundred Years War

The Hundred Years War

Author: David Green

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0300134517

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What life was like for ordinary French and English people, embroiled in a devastating century-long conflict that changed their world The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways the war affected different groups, among them knights, clerics, women, peasants, soldiers, peacemakers, and kings. He also explores how the long war altered governance in England and France and reshaped peoples' perceptions of themselves and of their national character. Using the events of the war as a narrative thread, Green illuminates the realities of battle and the conditions of those compelled to live in occupied territory; the roles played by clergy and their shifting loyalties to king and pope; and the influence of the war on developing notions of government, literacy, and education. Peopled with vivid and well-known characters--Henry V, Joan of Arc, Philippe the Good of Burgundy, Edward the Black Prince, John the Blind of Bohemia, and many others--as well as a host of ordinary individuals who were drawn into the struggle, this absorbing book reveals for the first time not only the Hundred Years War's impact on warfare, institutions, and nations, but also its true human cost.


Birth of the Leviathan

Birth of the Leviathan

Author: Thomas Ertman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-01-13

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780521484275

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Ertman presents a new theory to explain the variation in political regimes and state infrastructures in pre-French Revolution Europe.


The Hundred Years War

The Hundred Years War

Author: C. T. Allmand

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988-02-04

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780521319232

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A comparative study of how the societies of late medieval England and France reacted to the long period of conflict between them from political, military, social and economic perspectives.


The Hundred Years War

The Hundred Years War

Author: Christopher Allmand

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988-02-04

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1107392861

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This is a comparative study of how the societies of late-medieval England and France reacted to the long period of conflict between them commonly known as the Hundred Years War. Beginning with an analysis of contemporary views regarding the war. Two chapters follow which describe the military aim of the protagonists, military and naval organisation, recruitment, and the raising of taxes. The remainder of the book describes and analyses some of the main social and economic effects of war upon society, the growth of a sense of national consciousness in time of conflict, and the social criticism which came from those who reacted to changes and development brought about by war. Although intended primarily as a textbook for students, Dr Allmand's study is much more than that. It makes an important general contribution to the history of war in medieval times, and opens up new and original perspectives on a familiar topic.