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Bloodied Banners – Martial Display on the Medieval Battlefield

Autor Robert W. Jones
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 aug 2010
A penetrating investigation of medieval martial display... The reader is struck by its originality, and by its sophisticated and critical interpretative engagement with historical and literary sources. Particularly notable is theauthor's subtle exploration of the function of armour: not only its practical role, but as a form of display... A refreshingly different approach to the world of the medieval combatant and his place within that "host of many colours" that was a medieval army, it adds a new dimension to our understanding of medieval warfare.' Dr ANDREW AYTON, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Hull

The medieval battlefield was a place of spectacle and splendour. The fully-armed knight, bedecked in his vivid heraldic colours, mounted on his great charger, riding out beneath his brightly-painted banner, is a stock image of war and the warrior in the middle ages. Yet too often the significance of such display has been ignored or dismissed as the empty preening of a militaristic social elite.
Drawing on a broad range of source material and using innovative historical approaches, this book completely re-evaluates the way that such men and their weapons were viewed, showing that martial display was a vital part of the way in which war was waged in the middle ages. It maintains that heraldry and livery served not only to advertise awarrior's family and social ties, but also announced his presence on the battlefield and right to wage war. It also considers the physiological and psychological effect of wearing armour, both on the wearer and those facing him incombat, arguing that the need for display in battle was deeper than any medieval cultural construct and was based in the fundamental biological drives of threat and warning.

ROBERT W. JONES gained his PhD from Cardiff University.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781843835615
ISBN-10: 1843835614
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: BOYDELL PRESS

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Introduction Heraldic display and the role of identification on the battlefield The banner as a symbol of identity, authority, and status Badges and communal display Audible display on the battlefield The practical function of armour on the battlefield The psychological role of armour on the battlefield The display value of the sword and horse on the battlefield Religious symbolism in martial display Martial display and the case for a fourteenth-century military revolution Conclusion Bibliography

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