Mercenaries and Paid Men: The Mercenary Identity in the Middle AgesMercenaries have always had a poor press. Theirs is one of the world's oldest professions, but the very word has profoundly negative connotations of infidelity and ruthlessness. But were they so different from soldiers? Why, in any case, were they so omnipresent in the warfare of the medieval and early modern period? What kind of men became mercenaries and where did they come from? These are some of the questions which the essays in this volume address. Contributors are: Richard Abels, Bernard Bachrach, David Bachrach, Adrian Bell,Charles Bowlus, David Crouch, Guido Dall'Oro, Kelly Devries, Sven Ekdahl, John Hosler, John Law, Alan Murray, Stephen Morillo, Laura Napran, Eljas Oksanen, Carlos Andrez Gonzalez Paz, Ciaran Og O'Reilly, Muriosa Prendergast, Nicolas Prouteau, John Pryor, Ifor Rowlands, Spencer Smith. |
Contents
Introduction
| 1 |
William Marshal and the Mercenariat David Crouch | 15 |
Revisiting Mercenaries under Henry Fitz Empress 11671188 John D Hosler | 33 |
Methodology Defi nitions and Problems Kelly DeVries | 43 |
Les Mercenaires dans les Campagnes Napolitaines de Louis le Grand Roi de Hongrie 13471350 Guido Guerri dallOro | 61 |
The Da Varano Lords of Camerino as Condottiere Princes John E Law | 89 |
Beneath the Battle? Miners and Engineers as Mercenaries in the Holy Land XIIXIII siècles Nicolas Prouteau | 105 |
Soldiers of Fortune in the Fleets of Charles I of Anjou King of Sicily ca 126585 John H Pryor | 119 |
Towards a Crosscultural Typology of Military Service Stephen Morillo | 243 |
The AngloFlemish Treaties and Flemish Soldiers in England 11011163 Eljas Oksanen | 261 |
The Origin of MoneyFiefs in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem Alan V Murray | 275 |
Mercenaries and Paid Men in Gilbert of Mons Laura Napran | 287 |
The Fourteenth Century SoldierMore Chaucers Knight or Medieval Career? Adrian R Bell | 301 |
What does a Mercenary Leave Behind? The Archaeological E vidence for the Estates of Owain Lawgoch Spencer Gavin Smith | 317 |
the Civil War Carlos Andrés González Paz | 331 |
The Teutonic Orders Mercenaries during the Great War with PolandLithuania 140911 Sven Ekdahl | 345 |
Household Men Mercenaries and Vikings in AngloSaxon England Richard Abels | 143 |
Merovingian Mercenaries and Paid Soldiers in Imperial Perspective Bernard S Bachrach | 167 |
The Early Hungarians as Mercenaries 860955 Charles R Bowlus | 193 |
Welsh Troops in Angevin Service 11541216 IW Rowlands | 207 |
Urban Military Forces of England and Germany c 1240c 1315 a Comparison David S Bachrach | 231 |
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