Just wars and moral victories
Subtitle: surprise, deception and the normative framework of European war in the later Middle Ages
By: by David Whetham.
Series: History of warfare -- 55
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9789004171534
Subjects: Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Surprise (Military science) -- History; Deception (Military science) -- History; Chivalry -- Europe -- History -- To 1500; Middle Ages; Europe -- History, Military -- To 1500
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Metaphysical and moral context; title: The role of war as a legal instrument in the Middle Ages; title: The epitome of military science; title: The works of Geoffroy de Charny; title: Froissart : the management of chivalric expectation.