War and Combat, 1150-1270: the Evidence from Old French Literature

An investigation of the depiction of warfare in contemporary writings, in both fictional narratives and factual accounts.

War and combat were significant factors in the lives of all conditions of people during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; thousands of men, women and children prepared for, engaged in and suffered from the consequences of almost endemic armed conflict. However, while war and combat feature prominently in many of the forms of literature written at the time, the theme o...