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French Chivalry : Chivalric Ideas and Practices in Mediaeval France /

Chivalry denotes the ideals and practices considered suitable for a noble. The word itself is reminiscent of the aristocratic society of medieval France dominated by mounted warriors. As early as the eleventh century, several different views of chivalric standards and behavior had appeared. During t...

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Autor principal: Painter, Sidney, 1902-1960
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, 2019
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Chivalry denotes the ideals and practices considered suitable for a noble. The word itself is reminiscent of the aristocratic society of medieval France dominated by mounted warriors. As early as the eleventh century, several different views of chivalric standards and behavior had appeared. During the next four hundred years, these conceptions of the ideal nobleman were developed by and for the feudal ruling class. Sidney Painter studies chivalry from the perspectives of both social history and the history of ideas. The first chapter provides readers unfamiliar with medieval history the background required for understanding the chapters on chivalry.
Notas:Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.
The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages).
ISBN:9781421433172
Acceso:Open Access