Hotspur : Sir Henry Percy and the myth of chivalry /
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| Author / Creator: | Sadler, John, 1953- author. |
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| Imprint: | Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2022. |
| Description: | xxii, 221 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12749938 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction and Acknowledgements
- Timeline
- Dramatis Personae
- List of Maps
- List of Plates
- List of Abbreviations
- Prologue: A Storm of Arrows
- Act 1. Worm-eaten Hold of Ragged Stone - The House of Percy
- Act 2. Sensible of Courtesy - A Knightly Apprenticeship
- Act 3. Storm Clouds Brewing - A Scottish Resurgence
- Act 4. Death on St Oswin's Eve - The Battle of Otterburn, 5 (or 19) August 1388
- Act 5. Ill-weaved Ambition - Kingmakers up North
- Act 6. At Holmedon Met - The Battle of Homildon, 14 September 1402
- Act 7. Overmighty Subjects - The Path to Calamity
- Act 8. For Worms Brave Percy - The Battle of Shrewsbury, 21 July 1403
- Epilogue: Fair Rites of Tenderness - Legacy
- Appendix 1. The Ballad of Chevy Chase
- Appendix 2. The Art of War in Hotspur's Day
- Appendix 3. Otterburn - What the Chroniclers Said
- Appendix 4. Landscape
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
