Stephen Cooper (3)
Autore di Agincourt: Myth and Reality 1415-2015
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Stephen Cooper is the editor of John Fante's "The Big Hunger: Stories 1932-1959". He is Professor of English & Film at California State University at Long Beach. He lives in Los Angeles, with his wife & their two children. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 37
- Popolarità
- #390,572
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 45
- Lingue
- 3
The second half of the book deals basically with the mercenary trade in Italy in general and a fundamental study as to how war and chivalry combine (and clash) throughout Europe. This book relies heavily upon contemporary sources which I find very helpful and usually entertaining. There are chapters that deal with how mercenaries were percieved then and now. There is even a chapter that answers the question "Where Italians just too cowardly to fight their own wars?", which I thought amusing.
I give the author 5 stars for butting heads with Terry Jones and William Urban on the subject of mercenaries and Medieval warfare in general.
The only thing, in my opinion, lacking in this book was John Hawkwood's youth and first experiences in soldiering. These are covered well in William Caferro's [John Hawkwood: An English Mercenary in 14th Centrury Italy] but is always nice to have varied and sometimes differing sources. I highly recommend this book.… (altro)