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title	:	The Knight in Medieval England, 1000-1400
author	:	Coss, Peter R.
publisher	:	Combined Publishing
isbn10 | asin	:	0938289772
print isbn13	:	9780938289777
ebook isbn13	:	9780585193854
language	:	English
subject	England--Civilization--1066-1485, Great Britain--History, Military--1066-1485, Great Britain--History, Military--449-1066, Knights and knighthood--England--History--To 1500.
publication date	:	1996
lcc	:	DA185.C64 1996eb
ddc	:	942
subject	:	England--Civilization--1066-1485, Great Britain--History, Military--1066-1485, Great Britain--History, Military--449-1066, Knights and knighthood--England--History--To 1500.

Page i The Knight in Medieval England 1000-1400

Page ii Image not available This engaging double brass is of Sir John de Wauton and his wife, of Wimbish, Essex

Page iii The Knight in Medieval England 1000-1400 Peter Coss COMBINED BOOKS Pennsylvania

Page iv Disclaimer: Some images in the original hard copy book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook. Published in the United States of America by Combined Books, Inc., in 1996 by arrangement with Alan Sutton Publishing Limited Phoenix Mill Far Thrupp Stroud Gloucestershire Copyright Peter Coss, 1993 For information, address: Combined Books, Inc. 151 East 10th Avenue Conshohocken, PA 19428 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available. ISBN 0-938289-77-2 Cover illustration: Sir Geoffrey Luttrell sets out for a tournament, from the Luttrell Psalter (Add MS 42130 f. 202v, reproduced by permission of the British Library). Printed in Malaysia

Page v Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgements xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 The Origins of Knighthood in England 5 3 Angevin Knighthood and its Transformation c. 1150c. 1250 30 4 The Triumph of Chivalry in England 72 5 The Role of Chivalric Knighthood in English Society 100 6 Knighthood, Literature and the Social Order 135 7 Conclusion 167 Notes 171 Further Reading 186 Index 188

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Page ix List of Illustrations Colour Plates Between pp. 78 and 79 1 Thirteenth-century shields, painted by the St Albans chronicler, Matthew Paris, c. 1244 (BL MS Cotton Nero D I fo. 171v) 2 A fifteenth-century copy of the Dering Roll of Arms (BL MS Add 38537, lines 39-44) 3 Richmond Castle, Yorkshire (BL MS Cotton Faustina B VII fo. 85v) 4 Markenfield Hall, Yorkshire 5 The jousts of St Inglevert (near Calais), 1390 (BL MS Harley 4379 fo. 23v) 6 High-born knights, in the north clerestory window of the choir, Tewkesbury Abbey 7 A battle outside the gates of a city, fourteenth century (BL MS Stowe 54 fo. 83) 8 Walter Helyon, Franklin, of Much Marcle, Herefordshire 9 The Langley Glass, once in the chapel at Siddington, Gloucestershire (from Samuel Lysons, Views and Antiquities in the County of Gloucester, 1804 edition, plate XIV) 10 Chester and Related Arms 11 Clare and Related Arms: I 12 Clare - Related Arms: II 13 The Arms of the Hastangs c. 1308 Black and White Photographs 1 Brass of Sir John de Wauton and his wife, of Wimbish, Essex ii 2 A hunting scene of the late eleventh century, from the priory church of Goult (Orne), Normandy 8 3 Shock combat at the Battle of Hastings, from the Bayeux Tapestry 9 4 An episode from the Arthurian legend, from the archivolt of the Porta della Pescheria, Modena Cathedral 10 5 The Worcestershire Custumal, Domesday Book (PRO E 31/2/1) 14 6 The English army in action, from the Bayeux Tapestry

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