Honoré Bonet
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Honoré Bonet.
Bonet studied at the
Bonet was deeply influenced by
Martin van Creveld writes that Bonet's subject "was not so much military theory and practice as the art of 'chivalry' and the rules of war." According to van Creveld, such works "are little more than handbooks... Taking the formations and armament of their own day more or less for granted, however, they seldom rise above the specifics of time and place... The fact that some of them were in actual use until 1700 and beyond shows how indebted early modern Europe felt itself to the ancient world—or, conversely, how slow the evolution of warfare was. Unlike the Chinese classics they do not provide a coherent philosophy of war."
Other works by Bonet are L'Apparicion maistre Jehan de Meun and the Somnium super materia scismatis (1394).
Editions and Translations
- The first French edition Lyon 1481. Thereafter it was published several times, including Bruxelles 1883.
- The Tree of Battles of Honoré Bonet, trans. G. W. Coopland, Liverpool: At the University Press, 1949.
Notes
- ^ His given name is also spelled Honorat and his surname Bovet.
References
- ^ Martin van Creveld: A History of Strategy
External links
- Bonet's Arbre des Batailles (1387) by François Velde