The Chivalric Ethos and the Development of Military Professionalism

Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
List of Abbreviations......Page 14
1. Introduction......Page 15
PROLOGUE......Page 53
2. Why Chivalry? Military ‘Professionalism’ in the Twelfth Century: The Origins and Expressions of a Socio-military Ethos......Page 55
STUDIES IN CHIVALRY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN LATE-MEDIEVAL AND EARLY-MODERN EUROPE......Page 79
3. Condottieri and Captains in Renaissance Italy......Page 81
4. The Portuguese Nobility, and the Rise and Decline of Portuguese Military Power, 1400–1650......Page 103
5. Artisans, Architects and Aristocrats: Professionalism and Renaissance Military Engineering......Page 131
6. Chivalry and Professionalism in the French Armies of the Renaissance......Page 163
7. Chivalry, Military Professionalism and the Early Tudor Army in Renaissance Europe: a reassessment......Page 197
8. Chivalry and Professionalism in Electoral Saxony in the Mid-Sixteenth Century......Page 227
9. Soldados Platicos and Caballeros: The Social Dimensions of Ethics in the Early Modern Spanish Army......Page 249
10. Army, Society and Military Professionalism in the Netherlands during the Eighty Years’ War......Page 283
11. The Officer Corps and Army Command in the British Isles, 1620–1660......Page 305
POSTSCRIPT: THE LAST GASP OF CHIVALRY?......Page 333
12. Shoot Them All: Chivalry, Honour and the Confederate Army Officer Corps......Page 335
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D......Page 365
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H......Page 367
L......Page 368
M......Page 369
P......Page 370
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W......Page 372
Z......Page 373
Illustration Section......Page 375