ABSTRACT
First published in 2005. This definitive work contains a collection of texts written at the time when Chivalry was a living tradition spread across the whole of Europe. In it are fascinating accounts of Chivalry’s history and origins, the education of knights, chivalric love and the religious and military orders of knighthood. Nowhere else are the facts of Chivalry brough together so brilliantly.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |25 pages
The Origin and first Appearances of Chivalry in Europe
chapter |52 pages
The Equipment
chapter |64 pages
The Chivalric Character
chapter |77 pages
Dames and Damsels, and Lady-Love
chapter |74 pages
Tournaments and Jousts
chapter |50 pages
The Religious and Military Orders of Knighthood
chapter |28 pages
Progress of Chivalry in England
From the Norman Conquest to the Close of the Reign of Edward IT