R. My Amb Hl, Remy Ambuhl, Raemy Ambeuhl

Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War

Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the individual and complex experiences of captors and prisoners, and the practice of ransoming, in the Hundred Years War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9781107010949
• ISBN-10: 1107010942
• Artikelnr.: 36685492

Autorenporträt

Rémy Ambühl is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Southampton.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Law, ransom and the status of the prisoner of war
2. Princes, masters and prisoners
3. Status and politics in Lancastrian Normandy
4. The process of ransoming (I) from capture to captivity
5. The practice of ransoming (II) the price of freedom
6. Merchants, banking and trade
7. Assistance to prisoners I: vassals and subjects - the end of customary aids?
8. Assistant to prisoners II: kings and princes - first or last resort?
9. Assistance to prisoners III: the social circle of the prisoner
Conclusion.