French Chivalry: Chivalric Ideas and Practices in Mediaeval France

by Sidney Painter

Overview

The author describes the various ideas that may be called chivalric, illustrates their nature and content from contemporary literature, and attempts to show what effect they had on the ethical principles and practices of the feudal nobility.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801490613
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	10/15/1957
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Sidney Painter was a professor of history at Johns Hopkins University. Specializing in medievalism, he served as a chairman of the Department of History. He is the author of Studies in the History of the English Feudal Barony, Scourge of the Clergy, and William Marshal: Knight-Errant, Baron, and Regent of England.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Nobles of France
Chapter 2. Feudal Chivalry
Chapter 3. Religious Chivalry
Chapter 4. Courtly Love
Chapter 5. Criticisms and Compromises
Index