Dear Michael Goodich,
I am in the process of writing a book on Military History 1000-1300. I
am much interested by your comments on the value of escape and other
stories. I'd be glad to have references for escape stories etc
John France
> Date: Tue, 11 Jun 96 08:58:58 IST
> From: marian <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Military Saints
> To: John Damon <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask],
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> Dear John,
> An excellent introduction to the subject of 'military' saints is Frantisek
> Graus, "Die Gewalt bei den Anfangen des Feudalismus und die
> 'Gefangenenbefreiungen' der merowingischen Hagiographie," Jahrbuch fur
> Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 1 (1960), 61-156. Of course the vast majority of
> saints who assisted persons in distress in wartime had not themselves been
> soldiers, such as Sts. Foy, Martial, Leonard, etc. I have myself been recently
> looking into miracles of escape during wartime in the thirteenth and
> fourteenth century, focusing on the kinds of social history which can be
> found in such miracles: the geographical origins of the victims, the military
> ranks noted in the sources, the size of the ransoms, the kinds of prisons,
> fortresses etc in which they were held, and have found that such material
> can be a rich source for military history.
> Michael Goodich
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