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Medieval chivalry / Richard W. Kaeuper, University of Rochester.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaeuper, Richard W., author.
- Series:
- Cambridge medieval textbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chivalry--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Chivalry.
- Knights and knighthood--Europe--History--To 1500.
- Knights and knighthood.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- History.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 428 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Contents:
- Part I. An approach to chivalry: was it real and practical?
- The reality of medieval chivalry
- Models of medieval chivalry
- Part II. Three broad chronological phases
- Phase one: knighthood becoming chivalry
- Phase two: knighthood and chivalry fuse
- Phase three: chivalry beyond formal knighthood
- Part III. The privileged practice of violence
- Chivalry and war
- Tournament
- Part IV. Chivalry, governing institutions and ideals
- Kings and knights
- Chivalry in dialogue with religious ideals
- Part V. The world of chivalric emotions
- Love and amity, men and women
- Anger, wrath, fear, thirst for vengence.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521761680
- 0521761689
- 0521137950
- 9780521137959
- OCLC:
- 920469728
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