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02307aam a2200361 i 4500 001 1931984C6B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 130531s2013 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013020464 020 $a 078647274X (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786472741 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)830367187 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d BDX $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e------ 050 00 $a D128 J37 2013 100 1 $a Janin, Hunt, $d 1940- 245 10 $a Mercenaries in Medieval and Renaissance Europe / $c Hunt Janin with Ursula Carlson. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2013] 300 $a vi, 209 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: an overview of Medieval and Renaissance warfare -- Meeting the warriors and the tools of their trade -- The long-haired kings -- "Human thoughts are inclined to greed" -- "They went about in bands of thousands" -- "All the foreign knights, bowmen, their attendants, and the mercenaries" -- "An escort of galloglas armed with battle-axes" -- "Drink thy blood, Beaumanoir" -- "They were bold and warlike fellows" -- A skeleton in armor -- "The light of italy" -- "Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous" -- Conclusions -- Appendices. Armor -- Swiss mercenaries -- Chronology. 520 $a "In medieval and Renaissance Europe, mercenaries--professional soldiers who fought for money or other rewards--played violent, colorful, international roles in warfare. Intended as an introduction to the subject and drawing heavily on contemporary first-person accounts, this book creates a vivid but balanced mosaic of mercenaries who were hired to fight for various employers"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Mercenary troops $z Europe $x History. 650 0 $a Military art and science $z Europe $x History $y Medieval, 500-1500. 651 0 $a Military history, Medieval. 651 0 $a Europe $x History, Military $y 1492-1648. 700 1 $a Carlson, Ursula, $d 1943- 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302020229.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1931984C6B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search