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Title: Chivalry by Maurice Keen ISBN: 0-300-03360-5 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A great definition of chivalry
Comment: When most of us think of chivalry, an image of an errant knight off to rescue a damsel in distress is usually the first thing that comes to mind. This is a romanticized image, of course, and, though not wholly inaccurate, does represent at least a part of the concept of chivalry. But there is so much more to it. In essence (according to Keen), chivalry was an entire value system that governed the lives of the whole noble class in medieval Europe. It focused around three main facets of life: war, noble standing, and religion.
Keen does a wonderful job in this book of analyzing chivalry based on first-hand accounts--poems, literature, and chivalric handbooks from the high and late Middle Ages. His explanation of chivalry is detailed and thorough, and presents a number of arguments that most people would not consider when thinking about the chivalric code. The most obvious elements are treated--the tournament, the crusades, heraldry, etc--and many not so obvious subjects are given attention as well.
Overall, this book is pretty well-written. It serves as a very valuable resource for any student of the Middle Ages, or as a good introduction to the practice of chivalry to the casual student.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best introduction into Chivalry you can get
Comment: This book delivers a very thorough description of chivalry, beginning with a very good explanation how and when chivalry started. It also delivers a superb definition about what chivalry reaaly is, or what it was supposed to be. Alas, the only thing missing is more pictures - then it would be the definite book about chivalry. As it is now, it is "only" the best introduction to the matter you can possibly get.
Rating: 5
Summary: A MAGNIFICENT BOOK!
Comment: This solid volume is one of the best works on the complex institutions of chivalry and knighthood that I at least have ever seen. It is a very erudite work crammed with interesting information and written in an intelligent but readable style. Mr. Keen presents an argument for the reality of chivalric values that seems very convincing and well- researched. If you are at all interested in knighthood or European history, buy this book!
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Title: The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi De Charny: Text, Context, and Translation (Middle Ages Series) by Richard W. Kaeuper, Elspeth Kennedy, Geoffroi De Livre De Chevalerie Carny ISBN: 0812215796 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.50 |
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Title: The Knight and Chivalry : Revised edition by Richard Barber ISBN: 0851156630 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Pub. Date: 23 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Book of Knighthood & Chivalry (and the anonymous Ordene de Chevalerie) by Ramon Lull, Brian R. Price ISBN: 189144803X Publisher: Chivalry Bookshelf Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry by Christine de Pizan, Sumner Willard, Charity Cannon Willard, Christinepizan De ISBN: 027101881X Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Origins of Courtliness: Civilizing Trends and the Formation of Courtly Ideals, 939-1210 (Middle Ages Series) by C. Stephen Jaeger ISBN: 0812213076 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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