Chivalry
#839 of 3,809 books · #317 in History
Won the Wolfson History Prize (1984).
Examines the social importance of chivalry as a secular ideal during the Middle Ages, traces the origins of knighthood and chivalry, and looks at chivalric rituals and literature.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- ISBN-13
- 9780300107678
- Genre
- Topics
- ChivalryMedieval knighthoodChivalric literature and rituals
Awards
- Wolfson History PrizeWon(1984)
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