A soldiers' chronicle of the Hundred Years War. (2022)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- A soldiers' chronicle of the Hundred Years War. (2022)
- Main Title:
- A soldiers' chronicle of the Hundred Years War
- Further Information:
- Note: Written by Peter Basset and Christopher Hanson ; edited by Anne Curry and Rémy Ambühl.
- Authors:
- Basset, Peter
Hanson, Christopher - Editors:
- Curry, Anne
Ambühl, Rémy - Contents:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; ; Introduction ; ; Chapter 1. The M 9 chronicle and its authors ; The chronicle manuscript and its scribe, Luket Nantron (Deborah Ellen Thorpe); Peter Basset; Christopher Hanson; William Worcester; Team work; ; Chapter 2. The format and content of the M 9 chronicle ; A work of two halves?; The English in the M 9 chronicle; The French in the M 9 chronicle; The lists; ; Chapter 3. The portrayal of war in the M 9 chronicle ; The justification of war; Strategy and tactics; Battles; Sieges; Numbers and organisation; Bravery and cowardice; Oath taking and oath breaking; Conclusion; ; Chapter 4. French in fifteenth-century England: what linguistic choices? (Richard Ingham); Indications of non-native authorship?; Central French and other continental varieties; The French of England; Linguistic analysis of the M 9 chronicle; i. Orthography and grammar; ii. Lexis and phraseology; Conclusions; ; Chapter 5. The post-medieval history of the chronicle and its use by the heralds ; The immediate fate of the chronicle; Heralds and the M 9 chronicle; a. Walter Bellengier; b. Christopher Barker; Other heralds and the annotations within the M 9 chronicle; The use of the chronicle by Robert Glover; ; Chapter 6. The M 9 chronicle and the histories of the mid Tudor period ; Edward Hall; Hall and the M 9 chronicle; Comparison of the M 9 chronicle and Hall's Union ; The influence of Hall's Union ; Shakespeare; The Basset problem; ; Chapter 7.List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; ; Introduction ; ; Chapter 1. The M 9 chronicle and its authors ; The chronicle manuscript and its scribe, Luket Nantron (Deborah Ellen Thorpe); Peter Basset; Christopher Hanson; William Worcester; Team work; ; Chapter 2. The format and content of the M 9 chronicle ; A work of two halves?; The English in the M 9 chronicle; The French in the M 9 chronicle; The lists; ; Chapter 3. The portrayal of war in the M 9 chronicle ; The justification of war; Strategy and tactics; Battles; Sieges; Numbers and organisation; Bravery and cowardice; Oath taking and oath breaking; Conclusion; ; Chapter 4. French in fifteenth-century England: what linguistic choices? (Richard Ingham); Indications of non-native authorship?; Central French and other continental varieties; The French of England; Linguistic analysis of the M 9 chronicle; i. Orthography and grammar; ii. Lexis and phraseology; Conclusions; ; Chapter 5. The post-medieval history of the chronicle and its use by the heralds ; The immediate fate of the chronicle; Heralds and the M 9 chronicle; a. Walter Bellengier; b. Christopher Barker; Other heralds and the annotations within the M 9 chronicle; The use of the chronicle by Robert Glover; ; Chapter 6. The M 9 chronicle and the histories of the mid Tudor period ; Edward Hall; Hall and the M 9 chronicle; Comparison of the M 9 chronicle and Hall's Union ; The influence of Hall's Union ; Shakespeare; The Basset problem; ; Chapter 7. 'In the Mids of his Glory': the M 9 chronicle, 'A Mirror for Magistrates', and the tragedy of English imperialism (Scott Lucas); ; The Edition of College of Arms MS M 9 folios 31r-66r ; Editorial practices; Edition of the original text and its annotations; English translation, identifications and commentary; Appendix: Additional material by William Worcester bound into College of Arms MS M 9; ; Bibliography; Index … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- Cambridge : D.S. Brewer
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 944.0254
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 -- Campaigns -- France -- Sources - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781800104433
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781843846192
- Notes:
- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.659152
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- 07_033.xml