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The book of fayttes of armes and of Chyualrye

Title: The book of fayttes of armes and of Chyualrye / translated and printed by William Caxton from the French original of Christine de Pisan ; edited by A.T.P. Byles. London : Published for the Early English Text Society by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932.
Author: Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431.
Publication: Oxford : Early English Text Society ; New York : Kraus Reprint Co., 1971.

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Description

lvi, 315 pages, [2] leaves of plates : facsimiles; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Original series -- Early English Text Society ; 189
Early English Text Society. Publications. Original series ; no. 189.

Uniform Title

Livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie. English

Alternative Title

Livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie.
Fayttes of armes and chyualrye.

Subject

Military art and science > Early works to 1800

Note

Largely a compilation from the works of Vegetius, Frontinus, Valerius Maximus, Honoré Bonet, and a contemporary anonymous authority on sieges; books three and four, in the form of questions and answers, are based on Bonet's "L'arbre des batailles."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xiv).

Call Number

NCE (Early English Text Society. [Original series] no. 189)

OCLC

3251392

Author

Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431.

Title

The book of fayttes of armes and of Chyualrye / translated and printed by William Caxton from the French original of Christine de Pisan ; edited by A.T.P. Byles. London : Published for the Early English Text Society by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932.

Imprint

Oxford : Early English Text Society ; New York : Kraus Reprint Co., 1971.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Original series -- Early English Text Society ; 189

Early English Text Society. Publications. Original series ; no. 189.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xiv).

Added Author

Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, translator.

Byles, A. T. P. (Alfred Thomas Plested), editor.

Based on (work): Vegetius Renatus, Flavius. De re militari.

Based on (work): Frontinus, Sextus Julius. Strategematica.

Based on (work): Bonet, Honoré, active 1378-1398. Arbre des batailles.

Added Title

Fayttes of armes and chyualrye.

Research Call Number

NCE (Early English Text Society. [Original series] no. 189)

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