Honour and Fighting Social Advancement in the Early Modern Age

Honour and Fighting Social Advancement in the Early Modern Age

The article considers the importance of military service in social advancement, here understood as filling the role of “prince” in feudal law and thus participating in the government of an estate, in the transition from the Late Middle Ages to the Renaissance or Early Modern Age. In the context of a...

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Main Author: Gassmann Jürg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2015-05-01
Series:Acta Periodica Duellatorum
Subjects:
Social advancement
honour
medieval
renaissance
war
military organisation
estate
prince
feudal law
knight
city
mercenary
duel
Fechtmeister
Fechtbuch
Fechtschule
Kriegsbuch
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/apd.2015.3.issue-1/apd-2015-0005/apd-2015-0005.xml?format=INT
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Summary:The article considers the importance of military service in social advancement, here understood as filling the role of “prince” in feudal law and thus participating in the government of an estate, in the transition from the Late Middle Ages to the Renaissance or Early Modern Age. In the context of a city burgher or a petty noble or knight advancing into a government role, did honour require that the individual have experience in fighting – in war, military organisation and leadership? How did mercenaries figure? What role, if any, did Fechtmeister, Fechtbücher, Fechtschulen or Kriegsbücher play?
ISSN:2064-0404

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