Barons and Castellans : the military nobility of Renaissance Italy /

Christine Shaw provides the first comparative study of "lords of castles", great and small, throughout Italy, examining their military and political significance, and how their roles changed during the Italian Wars.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shaw, Christine Italian Renaissance historian
Published: Brill,
Publisher Address: Leiden :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: History of warfare, volume 102
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Summary: Christine Shaw provides the first comparative study of "lords of castles", great and small, throughout Italy, examining their military and political significance, and how their roles changed during the Italian Wars.
Carrier Form: 284 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-269) and index.
ISBN: 9789004282759
9004282750
Index Number: DG537
CLC: K546.32
E546.9
Call Number: E546.9/S534
Contents: Barons and castellans in the mid-fifteenth century -- Lands and fortresses -- Barons in the city -- Honour, faction and private wars -- A life in arms -- Allegiance and rebellion I : the fifteenth century -- Allegiance and rebellion II : the Italian Wars.