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Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms in the Middle Ages (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,527
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Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms  in the Middle Ages (Hardcover): Maurice Keen

Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms in the Middle Ages (Hardcover)

Maurice Keen

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The literature of chivalry and of courtly love has left an indelible impression on western ideas. What is less clear is how far the contemporary warrior aristocracy took this literature to heart and how far its ideals had influence in practice, especially in war. These are questions that Maurice Keen is uniquely qualified to answer. This book is a collection of Maurice Keen's articles and deals with both the ideas of chivalry and the reality of warfare. He discusses brotherhood-in-arms, courtly love, crusades, heraldry, knighthood, the law of arms, tournaments and the nature of nobility, as well as describing the actual brutality of medieval warfare and the lure of plunder. While the standards set by chivalric codes undoubtedly had a real, if intangible, influence on the behaviour of contemporaries, chivalry's idealisation of the knight errant also enhanced the attraction of war, endorsing its horrors with a veneer of acceptability.

General

Imprint: Hambledon Continuum
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 1996
First published: November 2003
Authors: Maurice Keen
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 978-1-85285-087-6
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN: 1-85285-087-6
Barcode: 9781852850876

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