Hostages in the Middle Ages

Hostages in the Middle Ages / Adam J. Kosto.

In medieval Europe hostages were given, not taken. They were a means of guarantee used to secure transactions ranging from treaties to wartime commitments to financial transactions. In principle, the force of the guarantee lay in the threat to the life of the hostage if the agreement were broken but...

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Main Author: Kosto, Adam J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
To 1500
Hostages > Europe > History > To 1500.
International relations > History > To 1500.
Political kidnapping > Europe > History > To 1500.
Diplomacy > History > To 1500.
Political culture > Europe > History > To 1500.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Diplomacy
Hostages
International relations
Political culture
Political kidnapping
Europe
Electronic book.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Note on Citations; 1. Hostages in the Middle Ages: Problems and Perspectives; A Very Short History of Hostages; Hostages and Historians; Finding Hostages in the Medieval Sources; Outline; 2. Varieties and Logics of Medieval Hostageship; Varieties of Hostageship; The Logics of Hostageship; Hostages and the Theory of Contracts; Appendix: Execution of Hostages; 3. Hostages in the Early Middle Ages: Communication, Conversion, and Structures of Alliance; Hostages and Political Communication; The Wider Impact of Hostage Agreements
  • The Fate of Hostages: Three EpisodesEarly Medieval Hostageship in Context; 4. Hostages in the Later Middle Ages: Representation, Finance, and the Laws of War; Female Hostages; Hostages as Representatives; Hostages and the Laws of War; Conditional Respite; Conditional Release and Ransom; Financial Transactions and the Development of Rules; 5. Conditional Hostages; Peace Texts; The Earliest Conditional Hostages; International Treaties; Hostages for Monetary Debts; 6. The King's Ransom; Captive Crusader Kings: Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1123) and Louis IX of France (1250)
  • Richard I of England (Treaty of Worms, 1193)Charles II of Naples (Treaty of Canfranc, 1288); David II of Scotland (Treaty of Berwick, 1357); James I of Scotland (Treaty of London, 1424); 7. Hostageship Interpreted, from the Middle Ages to the Age of Terrorism; Medieval Views of Hostageship; From Vitoria to Nuremberg and Beyond; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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