Forged in the shadow of Mars : chivalry and violence in late medieval Florence / Peter W. Sposato.
Peter W. Sposato traces chivalry's powerful influence on the mentalite and behaviour of a sizeable segment of the elite in late medieval Florence. He finds that the strenuous knights and men-at-arms of the Florentine chivalric elite - a cultural community comprised of men from both traditional...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Cornell scholarship online.
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| Summary: | Peter W. Sposato traces chivalry's powerful influence on the mentalite and behaviour of a sizeable segment of the elite in late medieval Florence. He finds that the strenuous knights and men-at-arms of the Florentine chivalric elite - a cultural community comprised of men from both traditional and newly emerged elite lineages - embraced a chivalric ideology that was fundamentally martial and violent. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2022. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 231 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501761911 9781501761904 |
| DOI: | 10.7591/cornell/9781501761898.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record. |