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Noble Ideals and Bloody Realities Warfare in the Middle Ages Edited by Niall Christie and Maya Yazigi From Brill Publishing, volume 37 in their History of Warfare series ISBN: 90 04 15024 2 Click here for more information The contributions presented in this volume address several issues related to the topic of medieval warfare from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and examining a number of geographical regions. The contributors analyze social and economic issues, military strategy, technological and medical developments, ideology and rhetoric, and address warfare in Europe, the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim world. In three parts, the contributors explore warfare in theory, warfare in practice and warfare as perceived through medieval and modern historiography. In doing so they present a number of engaging case studies that will be of use to students and scholars interested in warfare and its effects on medieval society. Please note that De Re Militari members can receive a 20% discount during the 2006 year. Please email us at deremilitari@hotmail.com for details. Table of Contents Introduction (PDF) “Collateral Damage?” Civilian Casualties in the Early Ideologies of Chivalry and Crusade, by David J. Hay Medieval Warfare and the Value of a Human Life, by Kelly DeVries
Religious
Campaign or War of Conquest? Muslim Views of the Motives of the First
Crusade, by The Torture of Military Captives in the Crusades to the Medieval Middle East, by Piers D. Mitchell Holy War, Royal Wives, and Equivocation in Twelfth-Century Jerusalem, by Deborah Gerish Arming the Enemy: Non-Christians’ Roles in the Military Culture of the Crown of Aragon during the Reconquista, by Paula R. Stiles
Communal
Piracy in Medieval England’s Cinque Ports, by David G. Sylvester
Wartime
Corruption and Complaints of the English Peasantry, by Ilana Krug Byzantium, the Reluctant Warrior, by Warren Treadgold Reynald of Châtillon and the Red Sea Expedition of 1182–83, by Marcus Milwright
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