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1 online resource (xv, 459 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Contents -- List of Figures and Maps -- Preface -- Hawkwood Chronology -- Introduction -- 1 John Hawkwood in Perspective: The Man and the Myth -- PART I: MAKING OF A WARRIOR -- 2 Essex Lad, King�s Soldier, and Member of the White Company, 1323�1363 -- 3 Italy and the Profession of Arms -- PART II: RISE OF A MERCENARY CAPTAIN -- 4 The Fox and the Lion: The Pisan-Florentine War, 1363�1364 -- 5 John Hawkwood of Pisa and Milan, 1365�1372 -- 6 In the Service of God and Mammon, 1372�1375 -- PART III: THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER CAPTAIN IN ITALY |
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7 John Hawkwood and the War of Eight Saints, 1375�13778 Love and Diplomacy, 1377�1379 -- 9 At Home in the Romagna, 1379�1381 -- 10 Neapolitan Soldier and Tuscan Lord, 1381�1384 -- PART IV: VETERAN CAPTAIN AND FLORENTINE HERO -- 11 The Deal with the Devil, the Birth of a Son, and a Victory at Castagnaro, 1385�1387 -- 12 At the Center of the Storm: Florence and the Military Buildup, 1387�1389 -- 13 The War against Milan, 1390�1392 -- 14 Two Weddings, a Funeral, and a Disputed Legacy, 1392�1394�1412 -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-447) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hawkwood, John, Sir, -1394.
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Hawkwood, John, Sir, d. 1394
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Hawkwood, John, Sir, -1394 fast |
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Mercenary troops -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
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Soldiers of fortune -- Great Britain -- Biography
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British -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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British
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Mercenary troops
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Soldiers of fortune
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Italy -- History -- 1268-1492 -- Biography
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Great Britain
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005016597 |
| ISBN |
9780801888809 |
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0801888808 |
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9780801883231 |
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0801883237 |
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