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Informationen zum Autor Christopher Harper-Bill, Ruth Harvey Klappentext Reviewing the first volume in this series, Christopher Allmand, writing in English Historical Review, said: Once again, a volume of papers published by the Boydell Press has made a useful interdisciplinary contribution to an important and difficult subject. Historians may read this book with profit.' But not only historians, for the contributions to these volumes are wide-ranging, and cover all aspects of culture in the middle ages, with a strong emphasis on continental literature. Zusammenfassung There are ten papers in this volume, taken from the fourth Strawberry Hill Conference (1988) on the Ideals and Practice of Medieval Knighthood. The contributions to this volume are wide-ranging and cover all aspects of culture in the Middle Ages, with a strong emphasis on continental literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceIntroductionCatharism and the Occitan Nobility: the Lordships of Cabaret, Minerve and Termes - Malcolm BarberGeoffrey V of Anjou, Count and Knight - Jim BradburySir William Beauchamp between Chivalry and Lollardy - J. I. CattoRoyal Power and Castles in Norman England - Richard G EalesThe Nobility of Knight and Falcon - Dafydd EvansKnighthood and the Hohenstaufen Imperial Court under Frederick Barbarossa [1152-1190] - William Henry JacksonThe Hero's Invincible Weapon: an Aspect of Angevin Propaganda - Emma MasonThe Development of the Medieval Sword c .850-1300 - Ian Peirce ***The Courtly Ethic in Chrétien de Troyes - Z. P. Zaddy
