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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.

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Chivalry, Keen

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English
Authors
Keen
Released
1986
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Paperback
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304
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9780300033601
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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.