Medieval chivalry

by Kaeuper, Richard W.

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Title Statements

Full title :Medieval chivalry / Richard W. Kaeuper, University of Rochester.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 428 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780521761680, 0521761689, 9780521137959, 0521137950
oclc:ocn920469728
LC Classification:CR4513
Dewey Decimal:940.1

Part I. An approach to chivalry: was it real and practical? -- The reality of medieval chivalry -- Models of medieval chivalry -- Part II. Three broad chronological phases -- Phase one: knighthood becoming chivalry -- Phase two: knighthood and chivalry fuse -- Phase three: chivalry beyond formal knighthood -- Part III. The privileged practice of violence -- Chivalry and war -- Tournament -- Part IV. Chivalry, governing institutions and ideals -- Kings and knights -- Chivalry in dialogue with religious ideals -- Part V. The world of chivalric emotions -- Love and amity, men and women -- Anger, wrath, fear, thirst for vengence.

Subjects

Chivalry Chivalry -- History -- To 1500. -- Euro… Civilisation médiévale Civilization, Medieval Europa Europe History Knights and knighthood Knights and knighthood -- History -- To… Krebs, Christoph, Witwe Mittelalter Ritterlichkeit To 1500