by Maurice Keen (Author)
This collection of articles deals with both the ideas of chivalry and the reality of warfare. The author discusses brotherhood-in-arms, courtly love, crusades, heraldry, knighthood, the law of arms, tournaments and the nature of actual brutality of medieval warfare and the lure of plunder.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Publisher: Hambledon Continuum
Published: 01 Jul 1996
ISBN 10: 1852850876
ISBN 13: 9781852850876