chivalric ethos and the development of military professionalism [ Electronic Book ]
/ edited by D. J. B. Trim
Leiden
: Brill
, 2003.
xii, 359 p., 9 p. of plates
: ill
(History of warfare, 1385-7827
; v. 11)
Code E.Book: 388
Machine generated contents note: Illustrations vii - Contributors ix - Acknowledgements xi - List of Abbreviations xiii -1. Introduction - D.J.B. Trim 1 -PROLOGUE -2. Why Chivalry? Military 'Professionalism' in the Twelfth Century: The Origins and Expressions of a Socio-military Ethos - Matthew Bennett 41 -STUDIES IN CHIVALRY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN LATE-MEDIEVAL AND EARLY-MODERN EUROPE -3. Condottieri and Captains in Renaissance Italy - Michael Mallett 67 - 4. The Portuguese Nobility, and the Rise and Decline of Portuguese Military Power, 1400-1650 - Malyn J. Newitt 89 - 5. Artisans, Architects and Aristocrats: Professionalism and Renaissance Military Engineering - Simon Pepper 117 - 6. Chivalry and Professionalism in the French Armies of the Renaissance - David Potter 149 - 7. Chivalry, Military Professionalism and the Early Tudor Army in Renaissance Europe: a reassessment - Luke MacMahon 183 - 8. Chivalry and Professionalism in Electoral Saxony in the Mid-Sixteenth Century - Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly 213 - 9. Soldados Platicos and Caballeros: The Social Dimensions of Ethics in the Early Modern Spanish Army - Fernando Gonzilez de Len 235 - 10. Army, Society and Military Professionalism in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War - D. J. B. Trim 269 - 11. The Officer Corps and Army Command in the British Isles, 1620-1660 - Martyn Bennett 291 -POSTSCRIPT: THE LAST GASP OF CHIVALRY? -12. Shoot Them All: Chivalry, Honour and the Confederate Army Officer Corps - Mark A. Weitz 321 -Index 349