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Knights and Peasants

By Nicholas Wright

Knights and Peasants

By Nicholas Wright

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This work examines the soldier-peasant relationship in the context of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453), aiming to bring out more closely the realities of the situation. It seeks an understanding of different attitudes: how aristocratic soldiers reconciled the ideals of chivalry with exploitation of non-combatants, and how French peasants reacted to the soldiery, drawing on the late-medieval literature of chivalry and political commentary in England and (especially) in France. Employing additional documentary material, including the largely unpublished records of the French royal chancery, the book also describes the ways in which individual peasants and village communities were exploited by soldiers, and how, in order to survive, they adjusted to and reacted against their treatment.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
160
Release Date:
2001-01-01
Publication Date:
2000-12-14
Publisher:
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0851158064
ISBN13:
9780851158068
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
254 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
9 cm
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