{"id":1433,"date":"2010-06-02T05:59:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T09:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s265039441.onlinehome.us\/philpaine\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2018-08-06T00:49:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T04:49:50","slug":"18806-steven-muhlberger-deeds-of-arms-%e2%80%95-formal-combats-in-the-late-fourteenth-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=1433","title":{"rendered":"18806. (Steven Muhlberger) Deeds of Arms \u2015 Formal Combats in the Late Fourteenth Century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Steve has out\u00addone him\u00adself with this <em>parvum opus<\/em>. It\u2019s an exem\u00adplary work of focused his\u00adto\u00adry, with every\u00adthing there in the right quan\u00adti\u00adties and pro\u00adpor\u00adtions. Medieval west\u00adern Europe was a mil\u00adi\u00adtary soci\u00adety in which tour\u00adna\u00adments \u2014 group or sin\u00adgle com\u00adbat done by rules and for the dis\u00adplay of prowess \u2014 had a pro\u00adfound sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance, affect\u00ading far more than their imme\u00addi\u00adate par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants. Suc\u00adcess in deeds of arms could bring more than mere celebri\u00adty. In a soci\u00adety where aris\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy jus\u00adti\u00adfied itself pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly by courage in bat\u00adtle, it was the key to upward mobil\u00adi\u00adty and pow\u00ader. Learn\u00ading how this kind of com\u00adbat <em>nul\u00adlo inter\u00adve\u00adniente odio<\/em> (with\u00adout ran\u00adcor) was done and cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded gives us insight into how medieval soci\u00adety worked. The Mid\u00addle Ages, espe\u00adcial\u00adly its upper reach\u00ades of pow\u00ader, smelled of blood, sweat, dung and hors\u00ades. This book is a fine anti\u00addote to those that retro\u00adfit the era with a kind of abstract geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal aura, some\u00adthing like an <span class=\"caps\">EU<\/span> Barosso Comis\u00adsion report deliv\u00adered by board mem\u00adbers unac\u00adcount\u00adably wear\u00ading hose and plate armor. Those who have only a pass\u00ading inter\u00adest in chival\u00adry or deeds of arms will find this book refresh\u00ading\u00adly com\u00adpact, clear and infor\u00adma\u00adtive. Those with a deep\u00ader inter\u00adest will not find it want\u00adi\u00adng in depth of schol\u00adar\u00adship and understanding.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve has out\u00addone him\u00adself with this parvum opus. It\u2019s an exem\u00adplary work of focused his\u00adto\u00adry, with every\u00adthing there in the right quan\u00adti\u00adties and pro\u00adpor\u00adtions. Medieval west\u00adern Europe was a mil\u00adi\u00adtary soci\u00adety in which tour\u00adna\u00adments \u2014 group or sin\u00adgle com\u00adbat&nbsp;done&nbsp;\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=1433\">Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[946,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-b-reading","category-bq-reading-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1433"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352,"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}