Chivalry, kingship and crusade : the English experience in the fourteenth century /

Chivalry, kingship and crusade : the English experience in the fourteenth century / Timothy Guard.

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"The central theme of this book is the largely untold story of English knighthood's ongoing obsession with the crusade fight during the age of Chaucer, "high chivalry" and the famous battles of the Hundred Years War. After combat in France and Scotland, fighting crusades was the...

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Main Author: Guard, Timothy, 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge [U.K.] ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2013.
Series:Warfare in history.
Subjects:
Crusades > Participation, British.
Crusades > 13th-15th centuries.
Chivalry > Great Britain > History.
Great Britain > History > 14th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1066-1485.
England > Social conditions > 1066-1485.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Questions and Perspectives
  • Eastern Mediterranean and the Holy Land
  • Spain and North Africa
  • The Baltic
  • Constantinople and Eastern Europe
  • Military service, careerism and the crusade
  • 'All are truly blessed who are martyred in battle': Crusading and Salvation
  • Chivalry, literature and political culture
  • The chivalric nation and images of the Crusader King
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Register of English crusaders c. 1307-1399.

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