A Companion to Chivalry

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78327-372-0
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 684 g

A comprehensive study of every aspect of chivalry and chivalric culture.

Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition. More than just a code of ethical behaviour, it shaped literary tastes, art and manners, as well as socialhierarchies, political events and religious practices; its impact is everywhere.
This work aims to provide an accessible and holistic survey of the subject. Its chapters, by leading experts in the field, cover a wide range of areas: the tournament, arms and armour, the chivalric society's organisation in peace and war, its literature and its landscape. They also consider the gendered nature of chivalry, its propensity for violence, and its post-medieval decline and reinvention in the early modern and modern periods. It will be invaluable to the student and the scholar of chivalry alike.

ROBERT W. JONES is a Visiting Scholar in History, Franklin and Marshall College; PETER COSS is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Cardiff University

Contributors: Richard Barber, Joanna Bellis, Matthew Bennett, Sam Claussen, Peter Coss, Oliver Creighton, David Green, Robert W. Jones, Megan G. Leitch, Ralph Moffat, Helen J. Nicholson, Clare Simmons, David Simpkin, Peter Sposato, Louise J. Wilkinson, Matthew Woodcock

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Robert W

Coss, Peter

Weitere Mitwirkende

Jones, Robert W

Coss, Peter

Simpkin, David

Green, David

Nicholson, Helen J.

Claussen, Samuel A.

Sposato, Peter J

Barber, Richard

Moffat, Ralph

Creighton, Oliver

Wilkinson, Louise J.

Bellis, Joanna

Leitch, Megan G

Bennett, Matthew

Woodcock, Matthew

Simmons, Clare A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Mittelalterliche, neuzeitliche Archäologie (Europa)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Robert W. Jones
The Origins and Diffusion of Chivalry - Peter Coss
The Organisation of Chivalric Society - David Simpkin
The Secular Orders: Chivalry in the Service of the State - David Green
The Military Orders - Helen J. Nicholson
Marshalling the Chivalric Elite for War - Robert W. Jones
Chivalric Violence - Samuel A. Claussen and Peter Sposato
Chivalry in the Tournament and Pas d'Armes - Richard Barber
Heraldry and Heralds - Robert W. Jones
Arms and Armour - Ralph Moffat
Constructing Chivalric Landscapes: Aristocratic Spaces Between Image and Reality - Oliver H. Creighton
Gendered Chivalry - Louise J. Wilkinson
Chivalric Literature - Joanna Bellis and Megan G. Leitch
Manuals of Warfare and Chivalry - Matthew Bennett
The End of Chivalry? Survivals and Revivals of the Tudor Age - Matthew Woodcock
Chivalric Medievalism - Clare A Simmons
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Jones, Robert W
Robert W. Jones is Alumni Association Coordinator and tutor at Advanced Studies in England, an independent study abroad programme based in Bath, England. He is also a Visiting Scholar in History at Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Jones, Robert W
Robert W. Jones is Alumni Association Coordinator and tutor at Advanced Studies in England, an independent study abroad programme based in Bath, England. He is also a Visiting Scholar in History at Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Barber, Richard
RICHARD BARBER has had a huge influence on the study of medieval history and literature, as both a writer and a publisher. His first book on the Arthurian legend appeared in 1961, and his major works include The Knight and Chivalry (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1971), Edward Prince of Wales and Aquitaine, The Penguin Guide to Medieval Europe and The Holy Grail: the History of a Legend which was widely praised and was translated into six languages.

Simmons, Clare A
CLARE A. SIMMONS is a Professor of English at The Ohio State University.

Wilkinson, Louise J.
LOUISE J. WILKINSON is Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Lincoln.

Moffat, Ralph
RALPH MOFFAT is the Curator of European Arms and Armour at Glasgow Museums. He is responsible for the care of, research, and dissemination of information on the people of this City's collection.

Leitch, Megan G
MEGAN G. LEITCH is the Professor and Chair of Medieval English Literature and Culture at the University of Groningen.

Claussen, Samuel A.
SAMUEL A. CLAUSSEN is Assistant Professor of History at California Lutheran University.