Prisoners of war in the Hundred Years War ransom culture in the late Middle Ages /
"The status of prisoners of war was firmly rooted in the practice of ransoming in the Middle Ages. By the opening stages of the Hundred Years War, ransoming had become widespread among the knightly community, and the crown had already begun to exercise tighter control over the practice of war....
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Cambridge ; New York :
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2013.
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- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Law, ransom and the status of the prisoner of war; 2. Princes, masters and prisoners; 3. Status and politics in Lancastrian Normandy; 4. The process of ransoming (I) from capture to captivity; 5. The practice of ransoming (II) the price of freedom; 6. Merchants, banking and trade; 7. Assistance to prisoners I: vassals and subjects - the end of customary aids?; 8. Assistant to prisoners II: kings and princes - first or last resort?; 9. Assistance to prisoners III: the social circle of the prisoner; Conclusion.