A companion to chivalry /

Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition. More than just a code of ethical behavior, it shaped literary tastes, art and manners, as well as social hierarchies, political events and religious practices. Its impact is e...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jones, Robert W. (Military historian) (Editor), Coss, Peter R. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, New York : Boydell Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Robert W. Jones
  • The origins and diffusion of chivalry / Peter Coss
  • The organisation of chivalric society / David Simpkin
  • The secular orders : chivalry in the service of the state / David Green
  • The military orders / Helen J Nicholson
  • Marshalling the chivalric elite for war / Robert W. Jones
  • Chivalric violence / Samuel A. Claussen and Peter Sposato
  • Chivalry in the tournament and pas d'armes / Richard W Barber
  • Heraldry and heralds / Robert W. Jones
  • Arms and armour / Ralph Moffat
  • Constructing chivalric landscapes : aristocratic spaces between image and reality / Oliver H. Creighton
  • Gendered chivalry / Louise J. Wilkinson
  • Chivalric literature / Joanna Bellis and Megan G. Leitch
  • Manuals of warfare and chivalry / Matthew Bennett
  • The end of chivalry? Survivals and revivals of the Tudor age / Matthew Woodcock
  • Chivalric medievalism / Clare A Simmons.