Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of figures and tables ix
5. List of contributors x
6. Preface xiv
7. Acknowledgements xxi
8. Introduction 1
9. I Genres of war 29
10. 1 Infinite tragedy and the Hundred Years War 31
11. 2 Forms against war 56
12. 3 Prophecies of alliance and enmity 78
13. II Figures and sites of mobility 103
14. 4 Italy, poetry and the Hundred Years War 105
15. 5 Merchandising peace 127
16. 6 Mobility and migration 145
17. III Theorising war 169
18. 7 The shared wound 171
19. 8 Mirrors of war 188
20. 9 Dreaming the (un)divided nation 212
21. IV Lives during wartime 239
22. 10 War, tears, and corporeal response in Christine de Pizan 241
23. 11 Visionary women, the Papal Schism and the Hundred Years War 272
24. 12 Between men 303
25. Bibliography 330
26. Index 378