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It is a truth universally acknowledged that warfare was central to medieval society. The power and authority of kings rested largely on their ability to wage war successfully; social theorists depicted the warriors as forming one of the three divisions of society, with an essential role within it; and those who recorded the history of the period devoted the bulk of their pages to describing war.
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© 2004 Helen J. Nicholson
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Nicholson, H. (2004). Introduction. In: Medieval Warfare. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-4386-6_1
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