Chivalry in Medieval England / Nigel Saul.
Saul, Nigel, author.
2011
CR4529.G7 S28 2011eb
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Title
Chivalry in Medieval England / Nigel Saul.
Author
Saul, Nigel, author.
ISBN
9780674063693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674063693
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (440 p.) : 18 color art illustrations & 3 b&w halftones
Item Number
10.4159/harvard.9780674063693 doi
Call Number
CR4529.G7 S28 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
394/.70941
Summary
Popular views of medieval chivalry-knights in shining armor, fair ladies, banners fluttering from battlements-were inherited from the nineteenth-century Romantics. This is the first book to explore chivalry's place within a wider history of medieval England, from the Norman Conquest to the aftermath of Henry VII's triumph at Bosworth in the Wars of the Roses.Saul invites us to view the world of castles and cathedrals, tournaments and round tables, with fresh eyes. Chivalry in Medieval England charts the introduction of chivalry by the Normans, the rise of the knightly class as a social elite, the fusion of chivalry with kingship in the fourteenth century, and the influence of chivalry on literature, religion, and architecture. Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades, the Black Death and the Battle of Crecy, the Magna Carta and the cult of King Arthur-all emerge from the mists of time and legend in this vivid, authoritative account.
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Frontmatter
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Chivalry and History
1. The Origins of English Chivalry
2. Chivalry and Empire, 1066-1204
3. The Making of Chivalric Culture, 1100-1250
4. Knighthood Transformed, 1204-90
5. Kingship and War, 1272-1327
6. Edward III and Chivalric Kingship, 1327-99
7. War, Fame and Fortune
8. The Face of Chivalric War
9. Chivalry and Nobility
10. Chivalry and Violence
11. Chivalry and Christian Society
12. Chivalry and Crusading
13. Chivalry and Fortification
14. Chivalry and Women
15. Memory and Fame
16. Chivalric Literature, 1250-1485
17. The Wars of the Roses and Yorkist Chivalry
18. The Decline of Chivalry
Conclusion
Bibliography and List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index

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