A soldiers' chronicle of the Hundred Years War : College of Arms manuscript M9 /: College of Arms manuscript M9. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• 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. '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
• Publisher Details: Cambridge Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 944.0254; Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 -- Campaigns -- France -- Sources; Guerre de Cent Ans, 1339-1453 -- Campagnes et batailles -- France -- Sources; Military campaigns; France; Electronic books; Sources
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800104426; 1800104421; 9781800104433
• Related ISBNs: 180010443X; 1843846195; 9781843846192
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 01, 2022).
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