Richard W. Kaeuper is Professor of History at the University of Rochester. He is author of Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe and coeditor (with Elspeth Kennedy) of The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny: Text, Context, and Translation, the latter also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Kaeuper's arguments brilliantly elucidate the theological ideas that were used to justify chivalric conduct... The book is carefully and elegantly written, and the arguments are abundantly documented. It must be essential reading for any scholar concerned with the knightly culture of the Middle Ages."-Michael Prestwich, American Historical Review "It brings to bear the rich experience, wide knowledge, and balanced judgment of a long scholarly career while pushing forward the lines of investigation where they yield most results... An excellent book that greatly enhances our understanding of medieval chivalric culture."-Speculum "Kaeuper's book offers much to the understanding of knighthood because it examines a little understood aspect of chivalry in detail, namely, the religious ideas of chivalry and their application in the daily life of the knight."-Parergon "A triumph... in bringing attention to the specifically devotional aspects of chivalry and the ways in which this elite group of laity reacted to and transformed Church initiatives, Kaeuper deserves special credit."-Sixteenth Century Journal

• Chapter 1: Violent Knights, Holy KnightsChapter 2: Two Model Knight/Authors as GuidesChapter 3: The Religious Context for Chivalric IdeologyChapter 4: Independence in Knightly PietyChapter 5: Knightly Ideology Developed and DisseminatedChapter 6: The Hero and the Suffering ServantChapter 7: Knighthood and the New Lay Theology: Ordines and LaborChapter 8: Knighthood and the New Lay Theology: Confession and PenanceChapter 9: Writing the Death Certificate for Chivalric IdeologyNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Richard W. Kaeuper is Professor of History at the University of Rochester. He is author of Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe and coeditor (with Elspeth Kennedy) of The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny: Text, Context, and Translation, the latter also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Kaeuper's arguments brilliantly elucidate the theological ideas that were used to justify chivalric conduct... The book is carefully and elegantly written, and the arguments are abundantly documented. It must be essential reading for any scholar concerned with the knightly culture of the Middle Ages."-Michael Prestwich, American Historical Review "It brings to bear the rich experience, wide knowledge, and balanced judgment of a long scholarly career while pushing forward the lines of investigation where they yield most results... An excellent book that greatly enhances our understanding of medieval chivalric culture."-Speculum "Kaeuper's book offers much to the understanding of knighthood because it examines a little understood aspect of chivalry in detail, namely, the religious ideas of chivalry and their application in the daily life of the knight."-Parergon "A triumph... in bringing attention to the specifically devotional aspects of chivalry and the ways in which this elite group of laity reacted to and transformed Church initiatives, Kaeuper deserves special credit."-Sixteenth Century Journal

• Chapter 1: Violent Knights, Holy KnightsChapter 2: Two Model Knight/Authors as GuidesChapter 3: The Religious Context for Chivalric IdeologyChapter 4: Independence in Knightly PietyChapter 5: Knightly Ideology Developed and DisseminatedChapter 6: The Hero and the Suffering ServantChapter 7: Knighthood and the New Lay Theology: Ordines and LaborChapter 8: Knighthood and the New Lay Theology: Confession and PenanceChapter 9: Writing the Death Certificate for Chivalric IdeologyNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments