Military society and the Court of Chivalry in the age of the Hundred Years War /

The highest and most sovereign things a knight ought to guard in defence of his estate are his troth and his arms. So declared Richard, Lord Scrope of Bolton, before the Court of Chivalry, eloquently encapsulating the fundamental role heraldic identity played in the lives of the late medieval Englis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Caudrey, Philip J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, New York : Boydell Press, [2019]
Series:Warfare in history.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Military Service - Lordship
  • Region, Locality and Community
  • Soldiers, Civilians and Chivalric Memory - Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Deponents' Collective Military Records According to their Own Testimony
  • Appendix 2: Lancastrian Retainers: Scrope and Hastings Defendants
  • Appendix 3 Plaintiffs' and Defendants' Biographies.