Honour and Fighting Social Advancement in the Early Modern Age

• Authors: Jürg Gassmann
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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?

Keywords

EN

Social advancement; honour; medieval; renaissance; war; military organisation; estate; prince; feudal law; knight; city; mercenary; duel; Fechtmeister; Fechtbuch; Fechtschule; Kriegsbuch

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Acta Periodica Duellatorum
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 2015
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 139-181

Dates

published

2015-05-01

online

2015-09-19

Contributors

author

Jürg Gassmann

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/apd-2015-0005