Prisoners of War in the Hundred Years War: Ransom Culture in the Late Middle Ages - Softcover

Ambühl, Rémy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107529301 ISBN 13: 9781107529304

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

The status of prisoners of war was firmly rooted in the practice of ransoming in the Middle Ages. By the opening stages of the Hundred Years War, ransoming had become widespread among the knightly community, and the crown had already begun to exercise tighter control over the practice of war. This led to tensions between public and private interests over ransoms and prisoners of war. Historians have long emphasised the significance of the French and English crowns' interference in the issue of prisoners of war, but this original and stimulating study questions whether they have been too influenced by the state-centred nature of most surviving sources. Based on extensive archival research, this book tests customs, laws and theory against the individual experiences of captors and prisoners during the Hundred Years War, to evoke their world in all its complexity.

About this title

Book Description:

The status of prisoners of war was firmly rooted in the practice of ransoming in the Middle Ages. This original and stimulating study tests laws, concepts and theory against the individual experiences of captors and prisoners during the Hundred Years War, to evoke their world in all its complexity.

About the Author:

Rémy Ambühl is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Southampton.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1107529301
• ISBN 13: 9781107529304
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 316