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A soldiers' chronicle of the Hundred Years War : College of Arms Manuscript M 9 /

A remarkable and very important unpublished chronicle written by two soldiers, covering in detail the English campaigns in France from 1415 to 1429. It lists many individuals who served in the war, and was written specifically for Sir John Fastolf, the English commander. This previously unpublished...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Basset, Peter (Author), Hanson, Christopher (Author), Worcester, William, 1415-1482? (Author)
Corporate Author: College of Arms (Great Britain). Library
Other Authors: Curry, Anne (Editor), Ambühl, Rémy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Cambridge : D. S. Brewer, 2022.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The M 9 Chronicle and its authors
  • The format and content of the M 9 chronicle
  • The portrayal of war in the M 9 chronicle
  • French in fifteenth-century England : what linguistic choices? / Richard Ingham
  • The post-medieval history of the chronicle and its use by the heralds
  • The M 9 chronicle and the histories of the mid-Tudor period
  • 'In the mids of his glory' : the M 9 chronicle, 'A mirror for magistrates' and the tragedy of English imperialism / Scott Lucas.