Chivalry in medieval England / Nigel Saul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saul, Nigel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chivalry--Great Britain--History.

Chivalry.

Knights and knighthood--Great Britain--History.

Knights and knighthood.

Great Britain--History--Medieval period, 1066-1485.

Great Britain.

England--Civilization--1066-1485.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (439 p.)

Edition:

1st Harvard University Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 aftermath of Henry VII’s triumph at Bosworth in the Wars of the Roses.Saul invites us to view the world of castles and cathedrals, tournaments and round tables, with fresh eyes. Chivalry in Medieval England charts the introduction of chivalry by the Normans, the rise of the knightly class as a social elite, the fusion of chivalry with kingship in the fourteenth century, and the influence of chivalry on literature, religion, and architecture. Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades, the Black Death and the Battle of Crecy, the Magna Carta and the cult of King Arthur—all emerge from the mists of time and legend in this vivid, authoritative account.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780674063693

0674063694

OCLC:

768411328