Topic
Chevauchée
About: Chevauchée is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9 publications have been published within this topic receiving 29 citations. The topic is also known as: Chevauchee & promenade.
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TL;DR: The preoccupation of the soldier with spoils, with prisoners, horses, equipment and movable wealth in general, is, however, less evident in the surviving sources of early medieval history than in the records of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Abstract: The desire for booty was a motive in all medieval warfare. The preoccupation of the soldier with spoils, with prisoners, horses, equipment and movable wealth in general, is, however, less evident in the surviving sources of early medieval history than in the records of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Even a cursory knowledge of the period of Anglo-French hostilities between 1337 and 1453 leaves one under no illusions as to the overriding importance to the combatants of the winnings of war. Spoils mattered equally to the rank and file soldier, to the magnate and to the crown. The depredations of the chevauchee in Languedoc in 1355 benefited everyone in the Black Prince's army. ‘Chevaliers, escuiers, brigants, garchons’ were loaded with ‘leurs prisonniers et leurs richesses’.1 Froissart makes Gloucester in 1390 object to a peace with France because of the ensuing discouragement of the ‘poor knights and squires and archers of England whose comforts and station in society depend upon war’.2 And he tells us also how the Sire d'Albret looked back over his military career and regretted the peace which alliance with France had given him. ‘I'm well enough,’ he told an enquirer, ‘but I had more money, and so did my retinue, when I fought for the king of England.’ An army on the move, he explained, often gave the chance of capturing a rich merchant; hardly a day passed without its prize; thus one could afford the ‘superfluitez et jolitez.…Maintenant nous est mort.’
15 citations
1 Jan 2010
9 citations
1 Oct 2013
TL;DR: Taylor as discussed by the authors examines the wide-ranging French debates on the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the period of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453) and investigates the historical reality of debates about kenighthood and warfare in late medieval France.
Abstract: Craig Taylor’s book examines the wide-ranging French debates on the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the period of the Hundred Years War (1337–1453). Faced by stunning military disasters and the collapse of public order, writers and intellectuals carefully scrutinized the martial qualities expected of knights and soldiers. They questioned when knights and men-at-arms could legitimately resort to violence, the true nature of courage, the importance of mercy and the role of books and scholarly learning in the very practical world of military men. Contributors to these discussions included some of the most famous French medieval writers, led by Jean Froissart, Geoffroi de Charny, Philippe de Mézières, Honorat Bovet, Christine de Pizan, Alain Chartier and Antoine de La Sale. This interdisciplinary study sets their discussions in context, challenging modern, romantic assumptions about chivalry and investigating the historical reality of debates about knighthood and warfare in late medieval France.
3 citations
1 Jan 2013
3 citations
1 Feb 1988
TL;DR: In more questioning times, with the historian seeking to exercise his right to examine the past, people have tried to explain why wars occur as mentioned in this paper, but not all of which may be seen as appropriate to medieval societies.
Abstract: Generally speaking, the Middle Ages accepted war with fatalism. It was part of the divine plan, linked with famine, flood, and plague as a manifestation of God's punishment for sins committed. A nation which experienced years of defeat and disaster (as France did in the mid-fourteenth century) beat its breast in self-reproach and accepted war's afflictions. Since few questioned such a view, those of pacific leanings met with little sympathy. While war's excesses were often condemned, war itself was taken for granted. In a society whose social and economic system had originally been, and to a certain degree still was, organised to provide for such eventualities, this was scarcely surprising. A world geared to war was unlikely to question why it should break out. It formed part of the accustomed and natural order. In more questioning times, with the historian seeking to exercise his right to examine the past, people have tried to explain why wars occur. Attempts to do this are far from new. Long ago, Thucydides distinguished between causes and occasions of war. In modern times, people have looked to many different aspects of human activity as sources of conflict, not all of which may be seen as appropriate to medieval societies. But some are. The Crusades may be regarded as wars fought in the name of ideology and religion. The Italian city states, and others, were for centuries in conflict in the Mediterranean over sources of, and outlets for, trade.
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2013 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 1988 | 1 |
| 1954 | 1 |