Medieval Chivalry

AvRichard W. Kaeuper

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Emerging in the medieval period, chivalry embodied ideals that elite warriors cherished and practices that formed their profession. In this major new overview, Richard Kaeuper examines how chivalry made sense of violence and war, making it tolerable for elite fighters rather than non-knightly or sub-knightly populations. He discusses how chivalry buttressed status and profession, shaped active piety, and fostered intense warrior attachments and heterosexual relationships. Though showing regional and chronological variations, chivalry at its core enshrined the practice of prowess in securing honor, with this process significantly blessed by religion. Both kingship and church authority sought to direct the great force of chivalry and, despite tensions, finally came to terms with rising knightly status and a burgeoning military role. Kaeuper engages with a wide range of evidence in his analysis, drawing on the chivalric literature, manuscript illumination, and sermon exempla and moral tales.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-05-19
Mått:144 x 222 x 23 mm
Vikt:700 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Medieval Textbooks
Antal sidor:446
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521761680

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Richard W. Kaeuper is Professor of History at the University of Rochester and Donald Bullough Fellow at the Medieval Institute, University of St Andrews. His previous positions include R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellow at the Huntington Library (1999–2000), R. T. French Professor at the University of Oxford (1980–1) and Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1982). His previous publications include Holy Warriors (2009), Chivalry and Violence (1999), The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny (with Elspeth Kennedy, 1996) and War, Justice and Public Order (1989).

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'Professor Kaeuper is one of the foremost experts on medieval chivalry, equally at home with the evidence provided by literature and the sources normally used by historians. This new textbook draws together the important insights that he has offered on violence and religion within medieval chivalric culture, to provide a clear and exciting vision of this complex field.' Craig Taylor, University of York

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Part I. An Approach to Chivalry: Was It Real and Practical?: 1. The reality of medieval chivalry; 2. Models of medieval chivalry; Part II. Three Broad Chronological Phases: 3. Phase one: knighthood becoming chivalry; 4. Phase two: knighthood and chivalry fuse; 5. Phase three: chivalry beyond formal knighthood; Part III. The Privileged Practice of Violence: 6. Chivalry and war; 7. Tournament; Part IV. Chivalry, Governing Institutions and Ideals: 8. Kings and knights; 9. Chivalry in dialogue with religious ideals; Part V. The World of Chivalric Emotions: 10. Love and amity, men and women; 11. Anger, wrath, fear, thirst for vengeance; Reflections; Bibliography; Index.