TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; WAR LEADERSHIP; STAGED VIOLENCE; POWER PLAYS; INTIMACY AND VICTIMIZATION; ALIEN ENCOUNTERS; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY
Summary
This volume is an introduction to the fifteenth century through chronicles and personal recollections of a diverse group of its French- and English-speaking writers. It revisits some of the principal events and personalities of that era through anecdotes illustrating interpersonal behavior. It examines how writers evaluated the conduct of their contemporaries and how some of their pessimistic conclusions may have contributed to the reputation for decadence of their century
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272)
