Prisoners of War in the Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1229
The Albigensian Crusade is generally considered a brutal war because of the manner in which both sides treated the enemy, especially the prisoners. This article analyzes the causes of this apparent absence of war conventions. From the examples taken from the narrative sources, we also describe the d...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/104256 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/104256 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | 94(100)"05/14" 94(4).018 Cruzada Albigense Prisioneros de guerra Cautiverio Guerra medieval Prisoners of war Albigensian Crusade Medieval warfare Historia medieval 5504.03 Historia Medieval |
| Resumo: | The Albigensian Crusade is generally considered a brutal war because of the manner in which both sides treated the enemy, especially the prisoners. This article analyzes the causes of this apparent absence of war conventions. From the examples taken from the narrative sources, we also describe the different destinies (captivity, execution, liberation, exchange, rescue ...) that the prisoners of this war faced. |
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