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Keen Books

Maurice Keen was a British historian with a scholarly focus on the Middle Ages. His work delves into themes such as chivalry, a concept he significantly redefined in his acclaimed book, highlighting its military dimension. Keen's scholarship offers readers a profound understanding of the military and social structures of the medieval period.

Chivalry

304 pages
11 hours of reading

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Chivalry--"with its pageants, heraldry, and knights in shining armor--"was a social ideal that had a profound influence on the history of early modern Europe. In this eloquent and richly detailed book, a leading medieval historian discusses the complex reality of chivalry: its secular foundations, the effects of the Crusades, the literature of Knighthood, and its ethos of the social and moral obligations of nobility.