TY - BOOK ID - 3114432 TI - Mercenaries and paid men : the mercenary identity in the Middle Ages: proceedings of a conference held at University of Wales, Swansea, 7th-9th July 2005 PY - 2008 VL - 47 SN - 9789004164475 9004164472 9786612397950 1282397958 9047432614 9789047432616 9781282397958 6612397950 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Mercenary troops KW - Military art and science KW - Military history, Medieval KW - History KW - Mercenary troops -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 -- Congresses. KW - Military art and science -- History -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Congresses. KW - Military history, Medieval -- Congresses. KW - Military & Naval Science KW - History & Archaeology KW - Military Science - General KW - History - General KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Conferences - Meetings KW - Medieval military history KW - Fighting KW - Military power KW - Military science KW - Warfare KW - Warfare, Primitive KW - Naval art and science KW - War KW - Mercenaries (Soldiers) KW - Troops, Mercenary KW - Armies KW - Non-state actors (International relations) KW - Soldiers KW - Foreign enlistment KW - Private military companies KW - Mercenaires KW - Histoire militaire KW - Europe KW - Moyen âge UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3114432 AB - Mercenaries have always had a poor press. Theirs is one of the world's oldest professions, but the very word has profoundly negative connotations of infidelity and ruthlessness. But were they so different from soldiers? Why, in any case, were they so omnipresent in the warfare of the medieval and early modern period? What kind of men became mercenaries and where did they come from? These are some of the questions which the essays in this volume address. Contributors are: Richard Abels, Bernard Bachrach, David Bachrach, Adrian Bell, Charles Bowlus, David Crouch, Guido Dall'Oro, Kelly Devries, Sven Ekdahl, John Hosler, John Law, Alan Murray, Stephen Morillo, Laura Napran, Eljas Oksanen, Carlos Andrez Gonzalez Paz, Ciaran Og O'Reilly, Muriosa Prendergast, Nicolas Prouteau, John Pryor, Ifor Rowlands, Spencer Smith. ER -