Mercenaries and Paid Men: The Mercenary Identity in the Middle Ages: Proceedings of a Conference Held at University of Wales, Swansea, 7th-9th J

by John France

Book Overview

Mercenaries have always had a poor press. Theirs is one of the world's oldest professions, but the very word has profoundly negative connotations of infidelity and ruthlessness. But were they so different from soldiers? Why, in any case, were they so omnipresent in the warfare of the medieval and early modern period? What kind of men became mercenaries and where did they come from? These are some of the questions which the essays in this volume address.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004164472
• ISBN13: 9789004164475
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"