Chivalry

Author : Geoffroi de Charny
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812208689

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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 : Léon Gautier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : UOM:39015011550699

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Chivalry by Léon Gautier Pdf

Author : Sidney Painter
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0801490618

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French Chivalry by Sidney Painter Pdf

"A richly painted and carefully documented picture of the life, customs, and opinions of the nobility, particularly in France, from the eleventh century to the end of the Middle Ages"--Back cover.

Author : Richard W. Kaeuper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521761680

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Medieval Chivalry by Richard W. Kaeuper Pdf

Richard Kaeuper presents a new analysis of chivalry, re-interpreting it as a fundamental aspect of medieval society.

Author : Richard W. Kaeuper,Elspeth Kennedy
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1996-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812215793

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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

Author : Charles Mills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Chivalry
ISBN : UVA:X000415931

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The History of Chivalry by Charles Mills Pdf

Author : Richard W. Kaeuper
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199244584

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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 : Peter Wright,Paul Elam
Publisher : Academic Century Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Chivalry by Peter Wright,Paul Elam Pdf

The importance of chivalry is taught to little girls and boys from the start, outlining for them the various rules of male obligation that will guide sexual relations throughout their lifetimes; i.e., males are here to protect and provide for women. The victories of legendary cinematic heroes whose brave deeds are rounded with applause and happily-ever-afters appears to seal the fate of chivalry as the future path of every man. Those few who do pause to question chivalry's values however - its rote expectation of male sacrifice, possibility of danger or injury, impacts on mental health, potential for exploitation and abuse, or the question of valid compensations for ongoing sacrifices - may conclude that it serves as a poor life map, or worse that it amounts to a malignant and toxic form of masculinity. This book examines the realities of chivalry beyond the usual platitudes to see what's really at stake for men. The essays, written by men's advocates Peter Wright and Paul Elam, survey the roots of the chivalric tradition and examine real life examples of chivalry in action.

Author : Carol Parrish Jamison
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476633169

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Chivalry in Westeros by Carol Parrish Jamison Pdf

George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire has sparked a renewed interest in things medieval. The pseudo-historical world of Westeros delights casual fans while offering a rich new perspective for medievalists and scholars. This study explores how Martin crafts a chivalric code that intersects with and illuminates well known medieval texts, including both romance and heroic epics. Through characters such as Brienne of Tarth, Sandor Clegane and Jaime Lannister, Martin variously challenges, upholds and deconstructs chivalry as depicted in the literature of the Middle Ages.

Author : Jesús D. Rodríguez-Velasco
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812293449

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Order and Chivalry by Jesús D. Rodríguez-Velasco Pdf

Knighthood and chivalry are commonly associated with courtly aristocracy and military prowess. Instead of focusing on the relationship between chivalry and nobility, Jesús D. Rodríguez-Velasco asks different questions. Does chivalry have anything to do with the emergence of an urban bourgeoisie? If so, how? And in a more general sense, what is the importance of chivalry in inventing and modifying a social class? In Order and Chivalry, Rodríguez-Velasco explores the role of chivalry in the emergence of the middle class in an increasingly urbanized fourteenth-century Castile. The book considers how secular, urban knighthood organizations came to life and created their own rules, which differed from martial and religiously oriented ideas of chivalry and knighthood. It delves into the cultural and legal processes that created orders of society as well as orders of knights. The first of these chivalric orders was the exclusively noble Castilian Orden de la Banda, or Order of the Sash, established by King Alfonso XI. Soon after that order was created, others appeared that drew membership from city-dwelling, bourgeois commoners. City institutions with ties to monarchy—including the Brotherhood of Knights and the Confraternities of Santa María de Gamonal and Santiago de Burgos—produced chivalric rules and statutes that redefined the privileges and political structures of urban society. By analyzing these foundational documents, such as Libro de la Banda, Order and Chivalry reveals how the poetics of order operated within the medieval Iberian world and beyond to transform the idea of the city and the practice of citizenship.

Author : Praseeda Gopinath
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813933818

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Scarecrows of Chivalry by Praseeda Gopinath Pdf

Exploring the fate of the ideal of the English gentleman once the empire he was meant to embody declined, Praseeda Gopinath argues that the stylization of English masculinity became the central theme, focus, and conceit for many literary texts that represented the "condition of Britain" in the 1930s and the immediate postwar era. From the early writings of George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh to works by poets and novelists such as Philip Larkin, Ian Fleming, Barbara Pym, and A. S. Byatt, the author shows how Englishmen trafficking in the images of self-restraint, governance, decency, and detachment in the absence of a structuring imperial ethos became what the poet Larkin called "scarecrows of chivalry." Gopinath's study of this masculine ideal under duress reveals the ways in which issues of race, class, and sexuality constructed a gendered narrative of the nation.

Author : Charles MILLS (Historian)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026835854

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The History of Chivalry Or Knighthood and Its Times by Charles MILLS (Historian) Pdf

Author : F. Kottenkamp
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486137414

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The History of Chivalry and Armour by F. Kottenkamp Pdf

From his earliest years and throughout his training as squire, a young knight was rigorously instructed in the use of arms. Competing in tournaments honed the skills of knights and squires alike, and provided a keen development of military prowess beyond the dangers of the battlefield. As improvements in defensive armour and weaponry were made, the elaborate decoration of arms also flourished. The trials and jousts of the tournament became more than just a stage for combat as the weaponry itself evolved into a stunning art form. A visual and literary feast, The History of Chivalry and Armour is a study of medieval knights in all their grandeur, fully displaying their instruments of siege, ornaments, and entertainments. Reproduced from a rare nineteenth-century masterpiece, here are the origins, codes, and practices of knighthood, alongside magnificent hand-colored engravings of armour, weapons, and the men who bore them. Enjoy breathtaking shields, helmets, and horse coverings. Revel in meticulously rendered lances, spears, and spiked clubs, as well as incredibly engineered mobile siege towers and muskets. The richly decorated equipment used in warfare and jousting shine brightly in this treasury, accompanied by authentic literature from poets and troubadors of the age.

Author : Anthony Dean Rizzuto
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783030883713

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Raymond Chandler, Romantic Ideology, and the Cultural Politics of Chivalry by Anthony Dean Rizzuto Pdf

Raymond Chandler, Romantic Ideology, and the Cultural Politics of Chivalry responds to the general consensus that Philip Marlowe represents a chivalric knight out of romance. The book argues that this commonplace reading requires a stunningly rosy rewriting of Marlowe, knighthood, chivalry, and romance. The book offers a history of the cultural politics of chivalry from the Middle Ages through British Romanticism to the modern United States, exposing the elitism, violent masculinism, racism, and ethno-national othering harbored within. Rizzuto also considers the survival of the chivalric ideology after World War I, and argues that the narrative of the Great War destroying chivalry rewrites the ghastly history of warfare. Touching on Chandler throughout these cultural histories, the book then directly confronts the question of knighthood and romance in the Marlowe novels. Rizzuto identifies an explicit rejection of romance in the service of hardboiled gender, class, and genre norms, including a seldom-remarked pattern of violence against women and sexual assault. The volume concludes by offering some ideas about Chandler’s motivations and the reception of the Marlowe novels.

Author : Charles Mills
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752416466

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The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2) by Charles Mills Pdf

Reproduction of the original: The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2) by Charles Mills