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A Companion to Chivalry (Paperback)
Robert W. Jones, Peter Coss; Contributions by Robert W. Jones, Peter Coss, David Simpkin, …
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A comprehensive study of every aspect of chivalry and chivalric
culture. Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle
Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition.
More than just a code of ethical behaviour, it shaped literary
tastes, art and manners, as well as social hierarchies, political
events and religious practices; its impact is everywhere. This work
aims to provide an accessible and holistic survey of the subject.
Its chapters, by leading experts in the field, cover a wide range
of areas: the tournament, arms and armour, the chivalric society's
organisation in peace and war, its literature and its landscape.
They also consider the gendered nature of chivalry, its propensity
for violence, and its post-medieval decline and reinvention in the
early modern and modern periods. It will be invaluable to the
student and the scholar of chivalry alike. ROBERT W. JONES is a
Visiting Scholar in History, Franklin and Marshall College; PETER
COSS is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Cardiff University
Contributors: Richard Barber, Joanna Bellis, Matthew Bennett, Sam
Claussen, Peter Coss, Oliver Creighton, David Green, Robert W.
Jones, Megan G. Leitch, Ralph Moffat, Helen J. Nicholson, Clare
Simmons, David Simpkin, Peter Sposato, Louise J. Wilkinson, Matthew
Woodcock
Develops an understanding of Warwickshire's past for outsiders and
those already engaged with the subject, and to explore questions
which apply in other regions, including those outside the United
Kingdom. Published to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the
Dugdale Society, which publishes Warwickshire's records, this book
brings together a range of scholars - early career researchers,
tenured academics, independent scholars and an archivist - all with
records of excellence in research and writing, who cover a range of
political, social, economic, cultural, architectural and religious
subjects from the eleventh to the twentieth centuries. Besides
providing original and well-researched interpretations of
Warwickshire's past, the book goes further to discuss and analyse
the ways in which writing of local history has changed over the
last hundred years, paying particular attention to meanings and
explanations that have emerged in recent times, from which future
developments can be expected. As such the book will appeal not just
to those interested in the local history of Warwickshire, but also
to everyone concerned with local history in general, and how it
should be studied and written.
Discussion of display through a range of artefacts and in a variety
of contexts: family and lineage, social distinction and aspiration,
ceremony and social bonding, and the expression of power and
authority. Medieval culture was intensely visual. Although this has
long been recognised by art historians and by enthusiasts for
particular media, there has been little attempt to study social
display as a subject in its own right. And yet,display takes us
directly into the values, aspirations and, indeed, anxieties of
past societies. In this illustrated volume a group of experts
address a series of interrelated themes around the issue of display
and do so in a waywhich avoids jargon and overly technical
language. Among the themes are family and lineage, social
distinction and aspiration, ceremony and social bonding, and the
expression of power and authority. The media include monumental
effigies, brasses, stained glass, rolls of arms, manuscripts,
jewels, plate, seals and coins. Contributors: MAURICE KEEN, DAVID
CROUCH, PETER COSS, CAROLINE SHENTON, ADRIAN AILES, FREDERIQUE
LACHAUD, MARIAN CAMPBELL, BRIAN and MOIRA GITTOS, NIGEL SAUL, FIONN
PILBROW, CAROLINE BARRON and JOHN WATTS.
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A Companion to Chivalry (Hardcover)
Robert W. Jones, Peter Coss; Contributions by Robert W. Jones, Peter Coss, David Simpkin, …
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A comprehensive study of every aspect of chivalry and chivalric
culture. Chivalry lay at the heart of elite society in the Middle
Ages, but it is a nebulous concept which defies an easy definition.
More than just a code of ethical behaviour, it shaped literary
tastes, art and manners, as well as socialhierarchies, political
events and religious practices; its impact is everywhere. This work
aims to provide an accessible and holistic survey of the subject.
Its chapters, by leading experts in the field, cover a wide range
of areas: the tournament, arms and armour, the chivalric society's
organisation in peace and war, its literature and its landscape.
They also consider the gendered nature of chivalry, its propensity
for violence, and its post-medieval decline and reinvention in the
early modern and modern periods. It will be invaluable to the
student and the scholar of chivalry alike. ROBERT W. JONES is a
Visiting Scholar in History, Franklin and Marshall College; PETER
COSS is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, Cardiff University
Contributors: Richard Barber, Joanna Bellis, Matthew Bennett, Sam
Claussen, Peter Coss, Oliver Creighton, David Green, Robert W.
Jones, Megan G. Leitch, Ralph Moffat, Helen J. Nicholson, Clare
Simmons, David Simpkin, Peter Sposato, Louise J. Wilkinson, Matthew
Woodcock
The dominant and deceptively simple theme of this book is the
relationship between the moral environment of the courtroom and
that of the society in which the court is situated. Like other Past
and Present conference proceedings, the volume ranges widely across
time and space, from ancient Greece to twentieth-century Africa. As
a consequence, it encompasses not only the highly professional
legal systems of the Roman, later medieval and modern worlds, but
also the relatively unprofessionalized courts of classical Athens
and of the early Middle Ages and the alien, imposed legal systems
of colonial Rhodesia and Kenya. The Moral World of the Law is based
upon papers delivered at the conference of that name, sponsored by
the journal Past and Present and held at the University of
Birmingham in 1996.
The gentry played a central role in medieval England, and this
study is a sustained attempt to explore the origins of the gentry
and to account for its contours and peculiarities between the
mid-thirteenth and the mid-fourteenth century. The book deals with
the deep roots of the gentry, but argues against views which see
the gentry as formed or created earlier. It investigates the
relationship between lesser landowners and the Angevin state, the
transformation of knighthood, and the role of knights in the
rebellion of mid thirteenth-century England. The role of lesser
landowners in the society and politics of Edwardian England is then
put under close scrutiny. It also emphasises changes in social
terminology and the rise of social gradation, the emergence of the
county as an important focus of identity, the gentry's control over
the populace, and their openness to the upward mobility of
professionals.
Although the gentry played a central role in medieval England, this study is the first sustained exploration of its origins and development between the mid-thirteenth and the mid-fourteenth century. Arguing against views which see the gentry as formed or created earlier, the text investigates as well the relationship between lesser landowners and the Angevin state; the transformation of knighthood; and the role of lesser landowners in society and politics.
The dominant and deceptively simple theme of this book is the relationship between the moral environment of the courtroom and that of the society in which the court is situated. The volume ranges widely across time and space, from ancient Greece to twentieth-century Africa. As a consequence, it encompasses not only the highly professional legal systems of the Roman, later medieval and modern worlds, but also the relatively unprofessionalized courts of classical Athens and of the early Middle Ages and the alien, imposed legal systems of colonial Rhodesia and Kenya.
This book contains a collection of political verses, venality
satires and songs of social protest from medieval England. First
edited by Thomas Wright in 1839, these so called 'political songs'
are reissued here on behalf of the Royal Historical Society. The
collection provides a fascinating insight into medieval responses
to contemporary events. A new and wide-ranging introduction from
Peter Coss offers observation on authorship, audience, the means of
dissemination and the use of the languages involved. The reader is
brought up to date on the critical study of the poems and on their
significance and potentiality for the modern historian and literary
scholar. Professor Coss corrects Wright's dating where necessary
and puts each item into its full contemporary context, making these
fascinating verses accessible to the modern reader.
This book contains a collection of political verses, venality
satires and songs of social protest from medieval England. First
edited by Thomas Wright in 1839, these so called 'political songs'
are reissued here on behalf of the Royal Historical Society. The
collection provides a fascinating insight into medieval responses
to contemporary events. A new and wide-ranging introduction from
Peter Coss offers observation on authorship, audience, the means of
dissemination and the use of the languages involved. The reader is
brought up to date on the critical study of the poems and on their
significance and potentiality for the modern historian and literary
scholar. Professor Coss corrects Wright's dating where necessary
and puts each item into its full contemporary context, making these
fascinating verses accessible to the modern reader.
Thirteenth-Century England II continues the series which began in
1986 with the publication of the first volume of the biannual
Newcastle upon Tyne conferences on thirteenth-century England.
Important studies of aspects of English society and politics open
up new areas of research and re-examine standard interpretations.
Set to become an indispensible series for anyone who wishes to keep
abreast of recent work in the field. WELSH HISTORY REVIEW
Studies focusing on medieval lordship and education. The exercise
of lordship in England is examined in relation to personal and
tenurial dependence, estate management, and changing social and
economic conditions. There are papers on the formation of kingdoms
and national identitiesin early medieval Britain and Ireland, on
Anglo-Saxon lordship, and on lords and peasants in Byzantium. In
contributions on medieval education the institutions of late
medieval Oxford are reassessed; the provisions made for
theirarchives by medieval corporations, and the practical
importance of muniments explained; and, at the other end of the
spectrum, material from across western Europe is deployed to show
how images were used to convey non-verbal messages to the
non-literate. Contributors: MARGARET ASTON, TREVOR ASTON, PAUL
BRAND, JEREMY CATTO, T.M. CHARLES-EDWARDS, PETER COSS. RALPH EVANS,
ROSAMOND FAITH, I.M.W. HARVEY, P.D.A. HARVEY, JAMES
HOWARD-JOHNSTON, ERIC JOHN, N.E. STACY, MALCOLM UNDERWOOD.
Studies in economic, political and social history in 13c England.
This latest volume in the series of selected proceedings of the
conferences on thirteenth-century England, held biennially at
Newcastle upon Tyne since 1985, contains fourteen papers given at
the 1993 conference, most of them modified and expanded from their
oral versions. As previously, they range widely over a variety of
topics, embracing aspects of the political, legal, administrative,
economic, religious and social history of the period, from
merchantsand trade in medieval England to hagiographical writings
and the role of the household knights of Edward I; there is also an
important historiographical introductory essay considering past and
present approaches to the study of thirteenth-century England, and
indicating possible trends in the future. Contributors: M.T.
CLANCHY, PHILIP MORGAN, RUTH INGAMELLS, ROBERT BARTLETT, BRIAN
GOLDING, ANDREW H. HERSHEY, SCOTT L. WAUGH, JAMES MASSCHAELE,
R.H.BRITNELL, W.M. ORMROD, ANDREW F.McGUINNESS, R. MALCOLM HOGG,
MICHAEL BURGER, A.A.M. DUNCAN
`Set to become an indispensible series for anyone who wishes to
keep abreast of recent work in the field.' WELSH HISTORY
REVIEWImportant papers playing a key role in re-awakening scholarly
interest in a comparatively neglected period of English history.
The thirteen papers in this volume represent a significant step
forward in knowledge and understanding of a number of aspects of
13th-century England -in particular its economy, coinage, religious
life and belief, manorial farming, language attitudes and norms,
cartography and geographic perception, domestic architecture,
foreign relations, and internal politics. CONTRIBUTORS: J.L.
BOLTON, R.J. EAGLEN, CHRISTOPHER THORNTON, MIRI RUBIN, MARGARET
HOWELL, R.A. LODGE, PHILIP DIXON, P.D.A. HARVEY, JEFFREY DENTON,
CHRISTOPHER HOLDSWORTH, NICHOLAS C. VINCENT, S.D. CHURCH, ROBIN
FRAME.
Thirteenth-Century England IIIcontinues the series which began in
1986 with the publication of the first volume of the biannual
Newcastle upon Tyne conferences on thirteenth-century England.
Important studies of aspects of English society and politics open
up new areas of research and re-examine standard interpretations.
Contributors: PAUL BRAND, D.W. BURTON, P.H. CULLUM, R.B. DOBSON,
ELIZABETH GEMMILL, P.J.P. GOLDBERG, ANTONIA GRANSDEN, LINDY GRANT,
MICHAEL PRESTWICH, ROBERT C. STACEY, R.L.STOREY, ROBIN STUDD,
CHRISTOPHER WILSON.
In The Foundations of Gentry Life, Peter Coss examines the
formative years of the English gentry. In doing so, he explains
their lasting characteristics during a long history as a social
elite, including adaptability to change and openness to upward
mobility from below, chiefly from the professions.
Revolving around the rich archive left by the Multons of Frampton
in South Lincolnshire, the book explores the material culture of
the gentry, their concern with fashion and their obsession with
display. It pays close attention to the visitors to their homes,
and to the social relationships between men and women. Coss shows
that the gentry household was a literate community, within a
literate local world, and he studies closely the consumption of
literature, paying particular attention to household entertainment.
Beyond their households, then gentry could assert their
pre-eminence in the local community through involvement with the
Church and the management of their estates. Treating the
relationship between gentry and Church in both devotional and
institutional terms, Coss shows how religious practice was a means
for the gentry to assert social dominance, and they increasingly
treated the Church as a career path for their kin. Protecting their
estates was of similar importance, and legal expertise was highly
prized-it consequently provided a major means of entry into the
gentry, as well as offering further opportunities for younger sons.
Overall, Coss reveals that the cultural horizons of the gentry were
essentially local. Nevertheless there were wider dimensions, and
the book concludes with observations on how national and chivalric
concerns interacted with the rhythms of regional life.
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