Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550

by Harari, Yuval Noah

• ISBN13: 9781843834526
• ISBN10: 1843834529
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-18
• Publisher: Boydell Pr

Summary

Six covert medieval military undertakings reconstructed

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Special Operations, Strategy, and Politics in the Age of Chivalry-An Analytical Overview	p. 1
The Definition of Inland Special Operations	p. 1
Special Operations in Contemporary Warfare, Culture, and Scholarship	p. 3
The Targets of Inland Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry	p. 9
Special Forces?	p. 34
Historiographical Considerations	p. 38
The Gateway to the Middle East: Antioch, 1098	p. 53
Saving King Baldwin: Khartpert, 1123	p. 74
The Assassination of King Conrad: Tyre, 1192	p. 91
For a Sack-full of Gold Écus: Calais, 1350	p. 109
Princes in the Cross-Hairs: The Rise and Fall of Valois Burgundy, 1407-83	p. 125
The Mill of Auriol: Auriol, 1536	p. 163
Conclusions	p. 184
Works Cited	p. 184
Index	p. 213
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