Chivalry [Maurice Keen]

[Chivalry] [Heraldry] [Knights!]

Chivalry

Maurice Keen

Yale University Press, CT. 1987. Third printing paperback. Some minor dings to the edges of the front and rear boards.A bit of wear to the spine. An excellent copy.

From the publisher:

"In this book, a leading medieval historian discusses the complex reality of chivalry: its secular foundations, the effects of the Crusades, the literature of knight-hood, and its ethos of the social and moral obligations of nobility."

I am kind of fascinated by the concept of Chivalry as of late. It was such a complex, ritualistic way to see the world, and I can't think of a modern parallel. A combat based philosophical overlay on life rooted in romantic love? How dreamy. Recommended.