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The Order of the Garter, 1348-1461 : chivalry and politics in late medieval England / Hugh E.L. Collins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collins, Hugh E. L.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Order of the Garter--History--To 1500.
- Order of the Garter.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 327 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- This is the first scholarly study of the political role of the Order of the Garter during the late middle ages. Hugh Collins's examination of the Garter's pragmatic considerations and knightly ideas reveals the extent to which political society in the late middle ages founded its ambitions and aspirations on the cult of chivalry.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [304]-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198208170
- OCLC:
- 42861801
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