Arrière-ban
Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban.[1]
In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms.[1]
The arrière-ban was proclaimed throughout the Kingdom of France on April 30, 1337.[2]
Notes
- 1 2 "arrière-ban". The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ↑ Sumption. The Hundred Years War. p. 184
References
- Sumption, Jonathan (1991). The Hundred Years War I: Trial by Battle. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1655-5.
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