Courts of Chivalry and Admiralty in Late Medieval Europe

 
Courts of Chivalry and Admiralty in Late Medieval Europe
Anthony Musson, Nigel Ramsay, Andrew Ayton, "Courts of Chivalry and Admiralty in Late Medieval Europe"
English | 2018 | pages: 274 | ISBN: 1783272171 | PDF | 13,7 mb
A multi-disciplinary approach to two of the most important legal institutions of the Middle Ages.


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Queens of the Age of Chivalry [Audiobook]

 
Queens of the Age of Chivalry [Audiobook]
Queens of the Age of Chivalry (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BV52QX9K | 2023 | 19 hours and 21 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 502 MB
Author: Alison Weir
Narrator: Esther Wane
Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts. Using personal letters and wonderfully vivid sources, Alison Weir evokes the lives of five remarkable queens: Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois. The turbulent, brutal Age of Chivalry witnessed the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War against France and savage baronial wars against the monarchy in which these queens were passionately involved. Queens of the Age of Chivalry brilliantly recreates this truly dramatic period of history through the lives of five extraordinary women.


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Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War

 
Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War
Craig Taylor, "Chivalry and the Ideals of Knighthood in France during the Hundred Years War"
English | 2016 | pages: 366 | ISBN: 1316631125, 1107042216 | PDF | 2,4 mb
Craig Taylor's study examines the wide-ranging French debates on the martial ideals of chivalry and knighthood during the period of the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). Faced by stunning military disasters and the collapse of public order, writers and intellectuals carefully scrutinized the martial qualities expected of knights and soldiers. They questioned when knights and men-at-arms could legitimately resort to violence, the true nature of courage, the importance of mercy, and the role of books and scholarly learning in the very practical world of military men. Contributors to these discussions included some of the most famous French medieval writers, led by Jean Froissart, Geoffroi de Charny, Philippe de Mézières, Honorat Bovet, Christine de Pizan, Alain Chartier and Antoine de La Sale. This interdisciplinary study sets their discussions in context, challenging modern, romantic assumptions about chivalry and investigating the historical reality of debates about knighthood and warfare in late medieval France.


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