Forged in the Shadow of Mars: Chivalry and Violence in Late Medieval Florence

by Peter W Sposato

In Forged in the Shadow of Mars , Peter W. Sposato traces chivalry's powerful influence on the mentalitè and behavior of a sizeable segment of the elite in late medieval Florence. He finds that the strenuous knights and men-at-arms of the Florentine chivalric elite--a cultural community comprised of men from both traditional and newly emerged elite lineages--embraced a chivalric ideology that was fundamentally martial and violent. Chivalry helped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501761897
• ISBN13: 9781501761898
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up