Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War: Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages

ISBN-13: 9781107010949 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 316 str.

Remy Ambuhl

Opis

Explores the individual and complex experiences of captors and prisoners, and the practice of ransoming, in the Hundred Years War.

Recenzje

'This is a judicious, well-written book that will be the standard reference on the subject of military ransoms during the Hundred Years War … As a monograph on the ransoming of combatants … this is an excellent book.' Justine Firnhaber–Baker, French History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Law, ransom and the status of the prisoner of war; 2. Princes, masters and prisoners; 3. Status and politics in Lancastrian Normandy; 4. The process of ransoming (I) from capture to captivity; 5. The practice of ransoming (II) the price of freedom; 6. Merchants, banking and trade; 7. Assistance to prisoners I: vassals and subjects - the end of customary aids?; 8. Assistant to prisoners II: kings and princes - first or last resort?; 9. Assistance to prisoners III: the social circle of the prisoner; Conclusion.