Chivalry in Medieval England
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Chivalry in Medieval England

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Chivalry in Medieval England

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations
  3. Introduction: Chivalry and History
  4. 1. The Origins of English Chivalry
  5. 2. Chivalry and Empire, 1066–1204
  6. 3. The Making of Chivalric Culture, 1100–1250
  7. 4. Knighthood Transformed, 1204–90
  8. 5. Kingship and War, 1272–1327
  9. 6. Edward III and Chivalric Kingship, 1327–99
  10. 7. War, Fame and Fortune
  11. 8. The Face of Chivalric War
  12. 9. Chivalry and Nobility
  13. 10. Chivalry and Violence
  14. 11. Chivalry and Christian Society
  15. 12. Chivalry and Crusading
  16. 13. Chivalry and Fortification
  17. 14. Chivalry and Women
  18. 15. Memory and Fame
  19. 16. Chivalric Literature, 1250–1485
  20. 17. The Wars of the Roses and Yorkist Chivalry
  21. 18. The Decline of Chivalry
  22. Conclusion
  23. Bibliography and List of Abbreviations
  24. Notes
  25. Index