A complementary companion to the author's Dictionary of Medieval
Knighthood: Concepts and Terms (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1986),
this takes the Norman conquest of England in 1066 as its starting
point and the late fourteenth century, marked by the unsuccessful
revolt of the English peasantry in 1381, as its concluding point.
The categories named in the subtitle encompass knights, nobles,
rulers, clerics, fictional characters, literary works, chansons de
geste, castles, battles, treaties, legal terms, and the authors
whose works historical and fictional have transmitted the medieval
heritage to later ages. Largely confining his scope to Anglo-Norman
chivalry and politics, Broughton describes and analyzes the roles
people, events, and places played in a colorful and bloody age.
Within articles cross-references to other entries in this volume
and the Concepts and Terms volume are nearly as thick as the rain
of arrows from battlements during battle. This thorough
cross-referencing is especially helpful to the casual reader who
approaches these books without a background knowledge of knighthood
and its social, political, and military dimensions. Together these
two dictionaries offer modern readers the means to understand the
medieval world. Wilson Library Bulletin This work, a companion
volume to the Dictionary of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry:
Concepts and Terms (Greenwood Press, 1986), is designed to help the
uninitiated reader understand more easily the development and
growth of chivalry and knighthood in the medieval age. Focusing
primarily on people, places, and events in France and England,
Broughton provides a brief biography of major historical knights
and other personages of note, descriptions of important literary
knightly characters and the works in which they appear,
identification of castles and other places of geographical
interest, and accounts of major battles during the period
1050-1400. The entries are all arranged alphabetically, and
virtually all include a reference to the primary scholarly works on
the subject. Frequent cross references are made to the Concepts and
Terms volume and to related entries in the present volume, enabling
the researcher to find materials of interest easily. Broad in
scope, the dictionary covers issues ranging from the Battle of
Hastings, which brought the concept of knighthood to England in
1066, to the battle of Crecy (1346) and Poiters (1356) and the
legendary Knights of King Arthur's Round Table. A significant
contribution to the study of medieval history and literature, this
volume will be an indispensable aid to students pursuing research
in this area.
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