Chivalry / Maurice Keen.
Examines the social importance of chivalry as a secular ideal during the Middle Ages, traces the origins of knighthood and chivalry, and looks at chivalric rituals and literature.
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
1984.
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Summary: | Examines the social importance of chivalry as a secular ideal during the Middle Ages, traces the origins of knighthood and chivalry, and looks at chivalric rituals and literature. |
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Physical Description: | x, 303 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index. |
ISBN: | 0300031505 9780300031508 0300033605 9780300033601 |