Chivalry in medieval England /

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 af...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Saul, Nigel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Edición:First Harvard University Press edition.
Temas:
1066-1485
Chivalry > Great Britain > History.
Knights and knighthood > Great Britain > History.
Chevalerie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Chivalry
Civilization
Knights and knighthood
Great Britain > History > Medieval period, 1066-1485.
England > Civilization > 1066-1485.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1066-1485 (Moyen Âge)
Angleterre > Civilisation > 1066-1485.
England
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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