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 behaviour, it shaped literary tastes, art and manners, as well as social hierarchies, political events and religious practices; its impact is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jones, Robert W. (Military historian) (Editor ), Coss, Peter R. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, UK : The Boydell Press, [2019]
Temas:
Chivalry > History.
Civilization, Medieval.
Chevalerie > Histoire.
Civilisation médiévale.
Chivalry.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The origins and diffusion of chivalry
  • 2. The organisation of chivalric society
  • 3. The secular orders : chivalry in the service of the state
  • 4. The military orders
  • 5. Marshalling the chivalric elite for war
  • 6. Chivalric violence
  • 7. Chivalry in the tournament and pas d'armes
  • 8. Heraldry and heralds
  • 9. Arms and armour
  • 10. Constructing chivalric landscapes : aristocratic spaces between image and reality
  • 11. Gendered chivalry
  • 12. Chivalric literature
  • 13. Manuals of warfare and chivalry
  • 14. The end of chivalry? Survivals and revivals of the Tudor age
  • 15. Chivalric medievalism.

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