The Chivalric Turn

The Chivalric Turn PDF Author: David Crouch
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ISBN: 0198782942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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Book Description
Historians have tended to understand medieval conduct through the eyes of Enlightenment historians, seeing superior conduct as 'knightly' behaviour, categorising it as chivalry. This book shows what superior lay conduct was in Europe before chivalry, and maps how and why chivalry emerged and redefined superior conduct in the late twelfth century.