Warrior pursuits : noble culture and civil conflict in early modern France /
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ;
128th ser., 3. |
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- pt. 1. Profession of arms
- The great quantity of nobility that is found here : Southern France and its warrior elite
- The grandeur and magnificence of his household : noble households and kinship
- He had no helping himself to money : crédit and noble finances
- pt. 2. Bonds of nobility
- With the assistance of my particular friends : clientage and friendship
- The dignity and authority of their charges : officeholding and political culture
- Actions the most perilous being the most honorable : honor and courage
- pt. 3. Culture of revolt
- The call to arms from all quarters : rituals of arming
- A great multitude of soldiers : personal armies
- The zeal of this nobility : violent performances.