Livre De Chevalerie

Author : Richard W. Kaeuper
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812215796
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Livre de Chevalerie written by Richard W. Kaeuper and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charny was a knight who lived the chivalric life for nearly two decades in a manner thought ideal by his contemporaries, dying appropriately in battle at Poitiers in 1356. He was also the first documented owner of the Shroud of Turin. This volume establishes the cultural context in which Charny lived in the first section and sets forth in the second the French text of Charny's fascinating work alongside an English translation, with full critical apparatus. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Richard W. Kaeuper
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812207920
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy Warriors written by Richard W. Kaeuper and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2012-06-04 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval code of chivalry demanded that warrior elites demonstrate fierce courage in battle, display prowess with weaponry, and avenge any strike against their honor. They were also required to be devout Christians. How, then, could knights pledge fealty to the Prince of Peace, who enjoined the faithful to turn the other cheek rather than seek vengeance and who taught that the meek, rather than glorious fighters in tournaments, shall inherit the earth? By what logic and language was knighthood valorized? In Holy Warriors, Richard Kaeuper argues that while some clerics sanctified violence in defense of the Holy Church, others were sorely troubled by chivalric practices in everyday life. As elite laity, knights had theological ideas of their own. Soundly pious yet independent, knights proclaimed the validity of their bloody profession by selectively appropriating religious ideals. Their ideology emphasized meritorious suffering on campaign and in battle even as their violence enriched them and established their dominance. In a world of divinely ordained social orders, theirs was blessed, though many sensitive souls worried about the ultimate price of rapine and destruction. Kaeuper examines how these paradoxical chivalric ideals were spread in a vast corpus of literature from exempla and chansons de geste to romance. Through these works, both clerics and lay military elites claimed God's blessing for knighthood while avoiding the contradictions inherent in their fusion of chivalry with a religion that looked back to the Sermon on the Mount for its ethical foundation.

Author : Geoffroi de Charny
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812208684
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry written by Geoffroi de Charny and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the great influence of a valiant lord: "The companions, who see that good warriors are honored by the great lords for their prowess, become more determined to attain this level of prowess." On the lady who sees her knight honored: "All of this makes the noble lady rejoice greatly within herself at the fact that she has set her mind and heart on loving and helping to make such a good knight or good man-at-arms." On the worthiest amusements: "The best pastime of all is to be often in good company, far from unworthy men and from unworthy activities from which no good can come." Enter the real world of knights and their code of ethics and behavior. Read how an aspiring knight of the fourteenth century would conduct himself and learn what he would have needed to know when traveling, fighting, appearing in court, and engaging fellow knights. Composed at the height of the Hundred Years War by Geoffroi de Charny, one of the most respected knights of his age, A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry was designed as a guide for members of the Company of the Star, an order created by Jean II of France in 1352 to rival the English Order of the Garter. This is the most authentic and complete manual on the day-to-day life of the knight that has survived the centuries, and this edition contains a specially commissioned introduction from historian Richard W. Kaeuper that gives the history of both the book and its author, who, among his other achievements, was the original owner of the Shroud of Turin.

Author : Raymond Lulle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782729107215
Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Livre de l'ordre de chevalerie written by Raymond Lulle and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ramón Lull
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Livre de l'Ordre de chevalerie written by Ramón Lull and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michel Stanesco
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004246584
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jeux d'errance du chevalier médiéval written by Michel Stanesco and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1988-06-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Raoul De Hodenc
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027280231
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 'Le Roman des Eles', and the Anonymous: 'Ordene de Chevalerie' written by Raoul De Hodenc and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars and students working on the early courtly and chivalric literature of medieval Europe will have often felt the need for contemporary theoretical material with which to illustrate their arguments about courtesy and chivalry in romances, etc. The present volume, which presents critical editions of the two earliest didactic poems of this kind in the vernacular (both date from the first quarter of the thirteenth century), was conceived partly to fill this need. This book will be of interest not only to specialists in Old French literature, but also to those studying other literatures; both texts are known to have circulated in England in the fourteenth century and are therefore of importance for anglicists; L’Ordene de Chevalerie was adapted into Middle Dutch and Italian several times and provides excellent material for comparatists, netherlandists and italianists; moreover, given the germinal place of Old French literature in the culture of the Middle Ages, both poems are worthy of study in the context of the evolution of the ideals of courtesy and chivalry as European literary phenomenon. Each critical text is accompanied by an extensive literary introduction and philological apparatus, and translations into modern English prose have been appended to render the poems more accessible to non-romanists.

Author : William W. Kibler
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0824044444
Total Pages : 2071 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval France written by William W. Kibler and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 2071 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged alphabetically, with a brief introduction that clearly defines the scope and purpose of the book. Illustrations include maps, B/W photographs, genealogical tables, and lists of architectural terms.

Author : Christine McWebb
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0415967651
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debating the Roman de la Rose written by Christine McWebb and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around the year 1400, the poet Christine de Pizan initiated a public debate in France over the literary "truth" and merit of the Roman of the Rose, perhaps the most renowned work of the French Middle Ages. This is the first dual-language version of the "Quarrel" documents.

Author : Corinne J. Saunders
Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780859918435
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing War written by Corinne J. Saunders and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2004 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays consider the variety of responses to warfare and combat in medieval literature.