Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War : Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages.

Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War : Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages.

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ambühl, Rémy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
1339 - 1453
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453 > Prisoners and prisons.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Prisoners of war
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on currency; Abbreviations; Introduction; Prisoners and ransoms; The context of the Hundred Years War; Public versus private interests; Chapter 1 Law, ransom and the status of the prisoner of war; The law of arms; Royal ordinances of war; Honour; The law of contract; Lex talionis; Money; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Princes, masters and prisoners; The rules; The 'Scottish question': Edward III and Henry IV; Edward III and the prisoners of Neville's Cross, 1346.
  • Henry IV, Hotspur and Humbleton Hill, 1402The weight of an alliance: Charles V and Charles VII; Charles V and the Franco-Castilian alliance in 1372; Charles VII and the auld alliance, 1419-24; Henry V, a ruthless master; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Status and politics in Lancastrian Normandy; New policies for a new political order; Guerrilla warfare and the status of prisoners of war; Criminal charges against prisoners of war; Conclusion; Chapter 4 The process of ransoming (I); The lure of profits; The game of capture; Rules and circumstances; Words and deeds; The moment of truth.
  • Transfer of prisonersCaptivity; Security measures; War prisons; Escapes; Conclusion; Chapter 5 The process of ransoming (II); How to estimate the value of a prisoner; Lands; Status; Functions; Reputation; Connections; Strategy and politics; Added costs; Les marz; A two-tier system; Substitutes for ransoms: rebates and exchanges of prisoners; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Merchants, banking and trade; Money-changing; Money transfer; Money-lending; Licences and safe-conducts to trade; Merchant-prisoners; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Assistance to prisoners (I); Ransom aids and French princes.
  • Noble levies: Jean de Chauvigny and his subjectsRansoms and royal taxations; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Assistance to prisoners (II); An initiative of the prisoner: from petition to grant; Honourable, long and loyal service to the crown; The enquiry; Grants and grantees: a profile; The contribution; Conclusion; Chapter 9 Assistance to prisoners (III); Captains and their men; Treaties of surrender; Companions, partners and brothers-in-arms; Family support; Husband and wife; Parents and sons; Siblings; Conclusion; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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