Book Of Knighthood And Chivalry

Author : Geoffroi de Charny
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812208689

Get Book

A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry by Geoffroi de Charny Pdf

On the great influence of a valiant lord: "The companions, who see that good warriors are honored by the great lords for their prowess, become more determined to attain this level of prowess." On the lady who sees her knight honored: "All of this makes the noble lady rejoice greatly within herself at the fact that she has set her mind and heart on loving and helping to make such a good knight or good man-at-arms." On the worthiest amusements: "The best pastime of all is to be often in good company, far from unworthy men and from unworthy activities from which no good can come." Enter the real world of knights and their code of ethics and behavior. Read how an aspiring knight of the fourteenth century would conduct himself and learn what he would have needed to know when traveling, fighting, appearing in court, and engaging fellow knights. Composed at the height of the Hundred Years War by Geoffroi de Charny, one of the most respected knights of his age, A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry was designed as a guide for members of the Company of the Star, an order created by Jean II of France in 1352 to rival the English Order of the Garter. This is the most authentic and complete manual on the day-to-day life of the knight that has survived the centuries, and this edition contains a specially commissioned introduction from historian Richard W. Kaeuper that gives the history of both the book and its author, who, among his other achievements, was the original owner of the Shroud of Turin.

Author : Ramon Llull
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111952417

Get Book

Book of Knighthood and Chivalry by Ramon Llull Pdf

The most influential chivalric handbook of the middle ages.

Author : Ramon Llull
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Chivalry
ISBN : 1891448420

Get Book

The Book of Knighthood and Chivalry by Ramon Llull Pdf

What did it mean to be a medieval knight? Medieval knighthood and chivalry still hold a fascination for modern readers more than 500 years after the knight's office was overtaken by the military officer and civil servant. Writing in the latter part of the 13th century, Ramon Lull penned what has become on of the most influential books on what it meant to be a knight. Originally written in Catalan, it was first translated into English in 1484 by William Caxton and printed as one of the first books in England. Since the 15th century text has proven difficult for many students, this modernized edition by Brian R. Price strives to preserve as much of Caxton's language as posssible while upading the text as necessary to make this important work accessible to modern readers. As a bonus, the editors have included the anonymous Ordene de Chevalerie, translated into English by William Morris. Together, these works comprise two the three most important works on chivalry to survive from the Middle Ages.

Author : Charles Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Chivalry
ISBN : OXFORD:600000812

Get Book

The History of Chivalry Or Knighthood and Its Times by Charles Mills Pdf

Author : Kevin Gest
Publisher : Lewis Masonic Pub
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08
Category : Knights and knighthood
ISBN : 0711035997

Get Book

Chivalry by Kevin Gest Pdf

This book introduces the beginnings of the orders of knighthood in the early years of warriors on horses and the origins of chivalry, and then investigates in turn the main Western orders of knighthood which have a connection in Britain, as well as summarizing the other significant orders of chivalry.

Author : Richard W. Barber
Publisher : New York : Scribner
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Chivalry
ISBN : UVA:X000305295

Get Book

The Knight & Chivalry by Richard W. Barber Pdf

Author : Charles Mills (Historian.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B000520756

Get Book

The history of chivalry, or, Knighthood and its times by Charles Mills (Historian.) Pdf

Author : Charles Mills
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Chivalry
ISBN : 9781465541628

Get Book

The History of Chivalry: Knighthood and Its Times (Complete) by Charles Mills Pdf

The propriety of my writing a History of Chivalry, as a companion to my History of the Crusades, was suggested to me by a friend whose acquaintance with middle-age lore forms but a small portion of his literary attainments, and whose History of Italy shows his ability of treating, as well as his skill in discovering, subjects not hitherto discussed with the fulness which their importance merits. The works of Menestrier and Colombiere sleep in the dust of a few ancient libraries; and there are only two other books whose express and entire object is a delineation of the Institutions of chivalry. The first and best known is the French work called “Mémoires sur l’ancienne Chevalerie; considérée comme un Etablissement Politique et Militaire. Par M. de la Curne de Sainte Palaye, de l’Académie Françoise,” &c. 2 tom. 12mo. Paris, 1759. The last half, however, of the second volume does not relate to chivalry, and therefore the learned Frenchman cannot be charged with treating his subject at very great length. It was his purpose to describe the education which accomplished the youth for the distinction of knighthood, and this part of his work he has performed with considerable success. But he failed in his next endeavour, that of painting the martial games of chivalry, for nothing can be more unsatisfactory than his account of jousts and tournaments. As he wished to inform his readers of the use which was made in the battle field of the valour, skill, and experience of knights, a description of some of the extraordinary and interesting battles of the middle ages might have been expected. Here also disappointment is experienced; neither can any pleasure be derived from perusing his examination of the causes which produced the decline and extinction of chivalry, and his account of the inconveniences which counterbalanced the advantages of the establishment. Sainte Palaye was a very excellent French antiquarian; but the limited scope of his studies disqualified him from the office of a general historian of chivalry. The habits of his mind led him to treat of knighthood as if it had been the ornament merely of his own country. He very rarely illustrates his principles by the literature of any other nation, much less did he attempt to trace their history through the various states of Europe. He has altogether kept out of sight many characteristic features of his subject. Scarcely any thing is advanced about ancient armour; not a word on the religious and military orders; and but a few pages, and those neither pleasing nor correct, on woman and lady-love. The best executed part of his subject regards, as I have already observed, the education of knights; and he has scattered up and down his little volume and a half many curious notices of ancient manners.

Author : Léon Gautier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : UOM:39015011550699

Get Book

Chivalry by Léon Gautier Pdf

Author : Charles Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1825
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10455235

Get Book

The History of Chivalry Or Knighthood and Its Times by Charles Mills Pdf

Author : Léon Gautier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012327016

Get Book

Chivalry by Léon Gautier Pdf

Author : Robert Jones
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1849083126

Get Book

Knight by Robert Jones Pdf

From a life-long student of the medieval long sword and medieval history comes a comprehensive overview of the Age of the Knights. Jones shows that behind the popular image of the knight in shining armor lies a world that is both more complex and more fascinating. Were knights glory-seeking, bloodthirsty thugs that lay ravage to the Holy Land or simple Christians serving their king? Jones explores the myths and controversies behind their battle-effectiveness and chivalric code. He also examines knighthood as a "career path" and investigates the role of the knight in law and justice. Lavishly illustrated and drawing on rare first-hand accounts, this book reveals the world of the knight in all its tarnished glory.

Author : Heather Haupt
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781524704100

Get Book

Knights in Training by Heather Haupt Pdf

Bringing chivalry back into our modern-day world, this book shows us how to inspire today's generation of young boys to pursue honor, courage, and compassion. In an age when respect and honor seem like distant and antiquated relics, how can we equip boys to pursue valor and courageously put the needs of others before their own? This book helps parents to inspire their boys by captivating their imagination and honoring their love for adventure. Heather Haupt explores how knights historically lived out various aspects of the knights' Code of Chivalry, as depicted in the French epic Song of Roland, and how boys can embody these same ideals now. When we issue the challenge and give boys the reasons why it is worth pursuing, we step forward on an incredible journey towards raising the kind of boys who, just like the knights of old, make an impact in their world now and for the rest of their lives.

Author : Richard W. Kaeuper
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199244584

Get Book

Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe by Richard W. Kaeuper Pdf

Medieval Europe was a rapidly developing society with a problem of violent disorder. Professor Kaeuper's original and authoritative study reveals that chivalry was just as much a part of this problem as it was its solution. Chivalry praised heroic violence by knights, and fused such displaysof prowess with honour, piety, high-status, and attractiveness to women. Though the vast body of chivalric literature praised chivalry as necessary to civilization, most texts also worried over knightly violence, criticized the ideals and practices of chivalry, and often proposed reforms. Theknights themselves joined the debate, absorbing some reforms, ignoring others, sometimes proposing their own. The interaction of chivalry with major governing institutions ("church" and "state") emerging at that time was similarly complex: kings and clerics both needed and feared the force of theknighthood. This fascinating book lays bare these conflicts and paradoxes which surrounded the concept of chivalry in medieval Europe.

Author : Richard W. Kaeuper,Elspeth Kennedy
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812215793

Get Book

Livre de Chevalerie by Richard W. Kaeuper,Elspeth Kennedy Pdf

Charny was a knight who lived the chivalric life for nearly two decades in a manner thought ideal by his contemporaries, dying appropriately in battle at Poitiers in 1356. He was also the first documented owner of the Shroud of Turin. This volume establishes the cultural context in which Charny lived in the first section and sets forth in the second the French text of Charny's fascinating work alongside an English translation, with full critical apparatus. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR