Christopher Allmand

The de Re Militari of Vegetius

The Reception, Transmission and Legacy of a Roman Text in the Middle Ages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the medieval legacy of Vegetius' late Roman text, transformed by its readers into the authority on war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9781107684461
• ISBN-10: 1107684463
• Artikelnr.: 40305192

Autorenporträt

Christopher Allmand is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Liverpool. He has published widely on the history of war and medieval society, including The Hundred Years War: England and France at War c.1300-c.1450 (Cambridge University Press, 1988) and The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 7: c.1415-c.1500 (as editor, Cambridge University Press, 1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Medieval Reception: 1. General remarks on the manuscripts
2. Analysis of the manuscripts
3. A particular response to the De Re Militari... and its influence
4. Bedfellows
5. Owners and their texts
Part II. The Transmission: 6. Particular uses of the De Re Militari
7. Translations
8. Texts, drawings and illuminations
9. Excerpts
10. Vegetius in print
Part III. The Legacy: The De Re Militari in Medieval Thought and Practice: 11. The development of Vegetian influence.