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John Hawkwood : an English mercenary in fourteenth-century Italy /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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�13778 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