Call no. CR4529.F8 P3
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Call no. DA185 .C64 1993
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Call no. CR4509 .B37 1975
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Richard Barber's wide knowledge of medieval literature and history gives special depth to his study of this fascinating subject. From the prehistory of chivalry the warrior-knights of early medieval Europe and their developing social role, he moves to an exploration of the chansons de geste, the early romances, and the biographies and handbooks for aspiring knights, to discover the early expressions of the chivalric code.
Call no. U850 .B8 1972
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by Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Call no. CR4533 .K55 2010
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The history of knights, from their everyday lives to their clothing, training, heraldry, and orders, as well as their role in literature and film, and the decline of traditional knighthood.
Call no. CR4513 .B33
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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.
Call no. GT2400 .H5713 1987 v.2
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Get a general background on the private life that medievalists lived from a French perspective.
Call no. D117 .N48 1995 v.6
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This covers the fourteenth century, a period dominated by plague, other natural disasters, and war which brought to an end three centuries of economic growth and cultural expansion in Christian Europe, but one which also saw an important development in government, changes of emphasis, and concern in religious and intellectual life, giving greater weight to the voice of the laity, and new cultural and artistic patterns, not least with the rise of vernacular literature.
Call no. KJ1018 .B37 2014
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