Mercenaries and paid men : the mercenary identity in the Middle Ages : proceedings of a conference held at University of Wales, Swansea, 7th-9th July 2005 /
Mercenaries have always had a poor press. Theirs is one of the world's oldest professions, but the very word has profoundly negative connotations of infidelity and ruthlessness. But if they were like this, were they so different from soldiers?
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English French |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008
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| Series: | History of warfare ;
v. 47. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Mercenaries have always had a poor press. Theirs is one of the world's oldest professions, but the very word has profoundly negative connotations of infidelity and ruthlessness. But if they were like this, were they so different from soldiers? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 415 pages) : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047432616 9047432614 1282397958 9781282397958 9786612397950 6612397950 |
| ISSN: | 1385-7827 ; |
| Language: | Chiefly in English with one contribution in French. |
