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Author : Robert W. Jones
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783273720
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Chivalry written by Robert W. Jones and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2019 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of every aspect of chivalry and chivalric culture.
Author : Roberta L. Krueger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521556873
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (568 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance written by Roberta L. Krueger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion presents fifteen original and engaging essays by leading scholars on one of the most influential genres of Western literature. Chapters describe the origins of early verse romance in twelfth-century French and Anglo-Norman courts and analyze the evolution of verse and prose romance in France, Germany, England, Italy, and Spain throughout the Middle Ages. The volume introduces a rich array of traditions and texts and offers fresh perspectives on the manuscript context of romance, the relationship of romance to other genres, popular romance in urban contexts, romance as mirror of familiar and social tensions, and the representation of courtly love, chivalry, 'other' worlds and gender roles. Together the essays demonstrate that European romances not only helped to promulgate the ideals of elite societies in formation, but also held those values up for questioning. An introduction, a chronology and a bibliography of texts and translations complete this lively, useful overview.
Author : Peter Brown
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047069274X
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Chaucer written by Peter Brown and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as both a contribution to original research and as a stimulating and accessible text, this volume is a helpful, reliable, responsive and adaptable resource for students of Chaucer at all levels.
Author : Samuel A. Claussen
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783275464
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Chivalry and Violence in Late Medieval Castile written by Samuel A. Claussen and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First full investigation in English into the role played by chivalric ideology, and its violent results, in late medieval Castile.
Author : Maurice Hugh Keen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300107678
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Chivalry written by Maurice Hugh Keen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the social importance of chivalry as a secular ideal during the Middle Ages, traces the origins of knighthood and chivalry, and looks at chivalric rituals and literature.
Author : David Green
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000916197
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Edward the Black Prince written by David Green and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully updated second edition uses the career of Edward the Black Prince to explore key developments in the history of late medieval Europe. The eruption of the Hundred Years War, the arrival of the Black Death, England’s first religious heresy, and major innovations in the role of parliament all took place during Edward’s lifetime. As king-in-waiting and one of the most significant noblemen in the realm, the prince was a major influence over local and international politics, and his example helped reshape concepts of lordship throughout the Plantagenet estates. This thoroughly revised edition includes new sources and builds on the wealth of scholarship which has been published in recent years about the fourteenth century. It includes considerations of the prince’s military career in France and Iberia, his household and the ‘colonial’ characteristics of his administrations in Wales and Aquitaine. The prince’s career also reveals the influence of the chivalric ethic and the importance of Gascony to the English crown, while his relationship with Joan, ‘the Fair Maid’ of Kent is suggestive of the changing character of female agency in the later middle ages. Drawing on central themes such as plague, chivalry, lordship, parliament, gender, and religion, Edward the Black Prince is essential reading for all students and scholars concerned with society, culture, and power in medieval Europe.
Author : Charles Mills
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465541624
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book The History of Chivalry: Knighthood and Its Times (Complete) written by Charles Mills and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1826 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The propriety of my writing a History of Chivalry, as a companion to my History of the Crusades, was suggested to me by a friend whose acquaintance with middle-age lore forms but a small portion of his literary attainments, and whose History of Italy shows his ability of treating, as well as his skill in discovering, subjects not hitherto discussed with the fulness which their importance merits. The works of Menestrier and Colombiere sleep in the dust of a few ancient libraries; and there are only two other books whose express and entire object is a delineation of the Institutions of chivalry. The first and best known is the French work called “Mémoires sur l’ancienne Chevalerie; considérée comme un Etablissement Politique et Militaire. Par M. de la Curne de Sainte Palaye, de l’Académie Françoise,” &c. 2 tom. 12mo. Paris, 1759. The last half, however, of the second volume does not relate to chivalry, and therefore the learned Frenchman cannot be charged with treating his subject at very great length. It was his purpose to describe the education which accomplished the youth for the distinction of knighthood, and this part of his work he has performed with considerable success. But he failed in his next endeavour, that of painting the martial games of chivalry, for nothing can be more unsatisfactory than his account of jousts and tournaments. As he wished to inform his readers of the use which was made in the battle field of the valour, skill, and experience of knights, a description of some of the extraordinary and interesting battles of the middle ages might have been expected. Here also disappointment is experienced; neither can any pleasure be derived from perusing his examination of the causes which produced the decline and extinction of chivalry, and his account of the inconveniences which counterbalanced the advantages of the establishment. Sainte Palaye was a very excellent French antiquarian; but the limited scope of his studies disqualified him from the office of a general historian of chivalry. The habits of his mind led him to treat of knighthood as if it had been the ornament merely of his own country. He very rarely illustrates his principles by the literature of any other nation, much less did he attempt to trace their history through the various states of Europe. He has altogether kept out of sight many characteristic features of his subject. Scarcely any thing is advanced about ancient armour; not a word on the religious and military orders; and but a few pages, and those neither pleasing nor correct, on woman and lady-love. The best executed part of his subject regards, as I have already observed, the education of knights; and he has scattered up and down his little volume and a half many curious notices of ancient manners.
Author : Catherine Hanley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472860918
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book 1217 written by Catherine Hanley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing history of the pivotal year 1217 when invading French forces were defeated and the future of England secured. In 1215 King John had agreed to the terms of Magna Carta, but he then reneged on his word, plunging the kingdom into war. The rebellious barons offered the throne to the French prince Louis and set off the chain of events that almost changed the course of English history. Louis first arrived in May 1216, was proclaimed king in the heart of London, and by the autumn had around half of England under his control. However, the choice of a French prince had enormous repercussions: now not merely an internal rebellion, but a war in which the defenders were battling to prevent a foreign takeover. John's death in October 1216 left the throne in the hands of his nine-year-old son, Henry, and his regent, William Marshal, which changed the face of the war again, for now the king trying to fight off an invader was not a hated tyrant but an innocent child. 1217 charts the nascent sense of national identity that began to swell. Three key battles would determine England's destiny. The fortress of Dover was besieged, the city of Lincoln was attacked, and a great invasion force set sail and, unusually for the time, was intercepted at sea. Catherine Hanley expertly navigates medieval siege warfare, royal politics, and fighting at sea to bring this remarkable period of English history to life.
Author : Geoffroi de Charny
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812208684
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry written by Geoffroi de Charny and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the great influence of a valiant lord: "The companions, who see that good warriors are honored by the great lords for their prowess, become more determined to attain this level of prowess." On the lady who sees her knight honored: "All of this makes the noble lady rejoice greatly within herself at the fact that she has set her mind and heart on loving and helping to make such a good knight or good man-at-arms." On the worthiest amusements: "The best pastime of all is to be often in good company, far from unworthy men and from unworthy activities from which no good can come." Enter the real world of knights and their code of ethics and behavior. Read how an aspiring knight of the fourteenth century would conduct himself and learn what he would have needed to know when traveling, fighting, appearing in court, and engaging fellow knights. Composed at the height of the Hundred Years War by Geoffroi de Charny, one of the most respected knights of his age, A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry was designed as a guide for members of the Company of the Star, an order created by Jean II of France in 1352 to rival the English Order of the Garter. This is the most authentic and complete manual on the day-to-day life of the knight that has survived the centuries, and this edition contains a specially commissioned introduction from historian Richard W. Kaeuper that gives the history of both the book and its author, who, among his other achievements, was the original owner of the Shroud of Turin.
Author : Elizabeth Archibald
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0859915204
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (599 download)
Download or read book A Companion to Malory written by Elizabeth Archibald and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1996 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malory's Morte Darthur - text, history and reception - expertly appraised by international scholars. This collection of original essays by an international group of distinguished medievalists provides a comprehensive introduction to the great work of Sir Thomas Malory, which will be indispensable for both students and scholars. It is divided into three main sections, on Malory in context, the art of the Morte Darthur, and its reception in later years. As well as essays on the eight tales which make up the Morte Darthur, there are studies ofthe relationship between the Winchestermanuscript and Caxton's and later editions; the political and social context in which Malory wrote; his style and sources; and his treatment of two key concepts in Arthurian literature, chivalry and the representation of women. The volume also includes a brief biography of Malory with a list of the historical records relating to him and his family. It ends with a discussion of the reception of the Morte Darthurfrom the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries, and a select bibliography. Contributors: P.J.C. FIELD, FELICITY RIDDY, RICHARD BARBER, ELIZABETH EDWARDS, TERENCE MCCARTHY, CAROL MEALE, JEREMY SMITH, ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD, BARBARA NOLAN, HELEN COOPER, JILL MANN, DAVID BENSON, A.S.G. EDWARDS
Author : Alexandra Onuf
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666914576
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)
Download or read book Violence, Trauma, and Memory written by Alexandra Onuf and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines late medieval and early modern warfare in France, the Hispanic World, and the Dutch Republic through the lens of trauma and memory studies. The essays, focusing on history, literature, and visual culture, demonstrate how people living with wartime violence processed and remembered the trauma of war.
Author : Carl Watkins
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1805430572
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Thirteenth Century England XVIII written by Carl Watkins and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2023-06-20 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays exploring and problematizing the idea of an "exceptional" England within Western Europe during the long thirteenth century. The theme of this volume, "Exceptional England", follows on from that of the previous one, "England in Europe". Both respond to two long-term historiographical trends among British medievalists: to place England and Britain in a wider European context, and, conversely, to emphasise the differences between developments in England and those elsewhere, either explicitly or implicitly. The essays here, in tackling aspects of political, religious, cultural and urban history, are often concerned with shifts that transcend the "national" because they are driven by forces operating on a European, or at least a western European, scale. A number bring developments in England into conversation with those in other regions, turning not only to France, a traditional comparator, but also ranging further, using Poland, Italy, Spain and Hungary as points of comparison. Others problematise England's boundaries by considering the fates of people caught between worlds as English continental possessions shrank. If England emerges in these essays as rather less "exceptional", some of the contributions highlight its unusually rich sources, suggesting ways in which these riches might illuminate the history of Europe in the long thirteenth century more generally. Particular subjects addressed include the fortunes of the knightly class, the dynamics of episcopal election, and models of child kingship, along with new studies of Gerald of Wales and Simon de Montfort.
Author : Richard W. Kaeuper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316538796
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Medieval Chivalry written by Richard W. Kaeuper and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging in the medieval period, chivalry embodied ideals that elite warriors cherished and practices that formed their profession. In this major new overview, Richard Kaeuper examines how chivalry made sense of violence and war, making it tolerable for elite fighters rather than non-knightly or sub-knightly populations. He discusses how chivalry buttressed status and profession, shaped active piety, and fostered intense warrior attachments and heterosexual relationships. Though showing regional and chronological variations, chivalry at its core enshrined the practice of prowess in securing honor, with this process significantly blessed by religion. Both kingship and church authority sought to direct the great force of chivalry and, despite tensions, finally came to terms with rising knightly status and a burgeoning military role. Kaeuper engages with a wide range of evidence in his analysis, drawing on the chivalric literature, manuscript illumination, and sermon exempla and moral tales.
Author : Craig Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107042216
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in France During the Hundred Years War written by Craig Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craig Taylor examines French debates on the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the Hundred Years War.
Author : Venetia Bridges
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843846160
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Medieval Romance, Arthurian Literature written by Venetia Bridges and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays; medieval romance; Arthurian Iiterature; Elizabeth Archibald.
Author : James Titterton
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783276789
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Deception in Medieval Warfare written by James Titterton and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2022 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First full-length study of the use and perception of deceit in medieval warfare. Deception and trickery are a universal feature of warfare, from the Trojan horse to the inflatable tanks of the Second World War. The wars of the Central Middle Ages (c. 1000-1320) were no exception. This book looks at the various tricks reported in medieval chronicles, from the Normans feigning flight at the battle of Hastings (1066) to draw the English off Senlac Hill, to the Turks who infiltrated the Frankish camp at the Field of Blood (1119) disguised as bird sellers, to the Scottish camp followers descending on the field of Bannockburn (1314) waving laundry as banners to mimic a division of soldiers. This study also considers what contemporary society thought about deception on the battlefield: was it a legitimate way to fight? Was cunning considered an admirable quality in a warrior? Were the culturally and religious "other" thought to be more deceitful in war than Western Europeans? Through a detailed analysis of vocabulary and narrative devices, this book reveals a society with a profound moral ambivalence towards military deception, in which authors were able to celebrate a warrior's cunning while simultaneously condemning their enemies for similar acts of deceit. It also includes an appendix cataloguing over four hundred incidents of military deception as recorded in contemporary chronicle narratives.
Author : Wim Blockmans
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000871959
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500 written by Wim Blockmans and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-07 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500 provides a comprehensive survey of this complex and varied formative period of European history within a global context, covering themes as diverse as barbarian migrations, the impact of Christianisation, the formation of nations and states, the emergence of an expansionist commercial economy, the growth of cities, the Crusades, the effects of plague and the intellectual and cultural dynamism of the Middle Ages. The book explores the driving forces behind the formation of medieval society and the directions in which it developed and changed. In doing this, the authors cover a wide geographic expanse, including Western interactions with the Byzantine Empire, the Islamic World, North Africa and Asia. This fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect moves toward teaching the Middle Ages in a global context and contains a wealth of new features and topics that help to bring this fascinating era to life, including: West Europe’s catching up through intensive exchange with the Mediterranean Islamic world growth of autonomous cities and civic liberties emergence of an empirical and rational worldview climate change and intercontinental pandemics European exchange with Africa and Asia chapter introductions to support students’ understanding of the topics a fully updated glossary to give modern students the confidence and language to discuss medieval history Clear and stimulating, the fourth edition of Introduction to Medieval Europe is the ideal companion to studying the entirety of medieval history at undergraduate level.
