
Barons and Castellans
The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy
Christine Shaw(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 16. October 2014
Book
Hardback
292 pages
978-90-04-28275-9 (ISBN)
Description
The military nobility - "signori di castelli", lords of castles - formed an important component of the society of Renaissance Italy, although they have often been disregarded by historians, or treated as an anomaly. In 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. Her main focus is on their military resources and how they deployed them in public and private wars, in pursuit of their own interests and in the service of others, and on how their military weight affected their political standing and influence.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Those interested in the military and political history of Renaissance Italy, in the nobility of fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe, and in military history.
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-28275-9 (9789004282759)
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Person
Christine Shaw is an Associate Member of the Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Among her many publications on Renaissance Italy are Popular Government and Oligarchy in Renaissance Italy (Brill, 2006), and (with Michael Mallett), The Italian Wars 1494-1559 (2012).
Content
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Barons and castellans in the mid-fifteenth century
Chapter 2 Lands and fortresses
Chapter 3 Barons in the city
Chapter 4 Honour, faction and private wars
Chapter 5 A life in arms
Chapter 6 Allegiance and rebellion I: the fifteenth century
Chapter 7 Allegiance and rebellion II: the Italian Wars
Conclusion
Abbreviations and Bibliography
Chapter 1 Barons and castellans in the mid-fifteenth century
Chapter 2 Lands and fortresses
Chapter 3 Barons in the city
Chapter 4 Honour, faction and private wars
Chapter 5 A life in arms
Chapter 6 Allegiance and rebellion I: the fifteenth century
Chapter 7 Allegiance and rebellion II: the Italian Wars
Conclusion
Abbreviations and Bibliography