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Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War (Paperback)
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Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War (Paperback)
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Craig Taylor's study examines the wide-ranging French debates on
the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the period of
the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). Faced by stunning military
disasters and the collapse of public order, writers and
intellectuals carefully scrutinized the martial qualities expected
of knights and soldiers. They questioned when knights and
men-at-arms could legitimately resort to violence, the true nature
of courage, the importance of mercy, and the role of books and
scholarly learning in the very practical world of military men.
Contributors to these discussions included some of the most famous
French medieval writers, led by Jean Froissart, Geoffroi de Charny,
Philippe de Mezieres, Honorat Bovet, Christine de Pizan, Alain
Chartier and Antoine de La Sale. This interdisciplinary study sets
their discussions in context, challenging modern, romantic
assumptions about chivalry and investigating the historical reality
of debates about knighthood and warfare in late medieval France.
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