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Record Number:
45708
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Froissart , Jean, Chronicler and Michael Livingston
Contributor(s):
Title:
Mercenaries Disguised as Women (1388)
Source:
Medieval Warfare: A Reader. Edited by Kelly DeVries and Michael Livingston. This document was translated by Michael Livingston, from
Les Chroniques de Sire Jean Froissart
, ed. J.A.C. Buchon. A. Desrez, 1835. University of Toronto Press, 2019. Pages 274 - 275.
Description:
Account from Jean Froissart's chronicle concerning the mercenary Bascot de Mauléon. He and his men captured the town and castle of Thurie in southern France by disguising a small advance party as women who had filled pitchers at the spring outside the city walls.
Article Type:
Translation
Subject
(See Also)
:
Cross Dressing
Warfare and Warriors
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
France
Century:
14
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Author's Affiliation:
The Citadel [Livingston]; Loyola University, Maryland [DeVries]
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2019.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
9781442636699 (print)