TheHistory of Chivalry
or
Knighthood and its times.
By
Charles Mills, Esqr.
Author of the History of the Crusades
IN TWO VOLUMES.
Vol: II.
Engraved by A. Le Petit from a sketch by R. W. Sievier.
London.
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
MDCCCXXV.
CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
| CHAP. I. | |
| STATE OF CHIVALRY IN ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF EDWARD THE THIRD. | |
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| Tournaments ... The Round Table ... Order of the Garter ... Courtesy of Edward ... Prevalence of chivalric taste among all classes ... Englisharchers ... The Black Prince ... Story of the king’s chivalry ... England regarded as the seat of honour ... Instance of this ... Chivalric heroes in thisreign ... The gestes and prowesses of Sir Walter Manny ... Chivalric vow of Sir Walter ... He fights for the love of his lady ... His rescue of twobrother knights ... Instance of his joyous adventurousness ... His gallantry before Auberoche ... His filial piety ... Story of chivalric manners ...The gentle disposition of Manny ... His importance at Edward’s court ... His remarkable sagacity ... His liberality ... His death in 1372 ... Buried in theCharter-House ... Heroism of Sir James Audley ... His generosity ... Memoir of Sir John Chandos ... His gallantry[Pg ii]to ladies ... Amusing instance of the pride of knighthood ...The importance of his counsel at Poictiers ... His exploits in Brittany ... And in Spain ... Is made a knight banneret ... Quits the Black Prince ... Butreturns ... The remarkable generousness of his conduct to Lord Pembroke ... The last circumstance of his life ... General grief at his death | 1 |
| CHAP. II. | |
| PROGRESS OF CHIVALRY IN GREAT BRITAIN, FROM THE REIGN OF RICHARD II. TO THAT OF HENRY VIII. | |
| Complaints of the unchivalric state of Richard’s court ... Influence of chivalry on the national character ... Scottish chivalry ... Chivalrickindness of Robert Bruce ... Mutual chivalry between the Scotch and English courts ... French knights’ opinions of Scottish chivalry ... Courtesies betweenEnglish and Scottish knights ... Chivalric battle of Otterbourn ... Hotspur and the Douglas ... A cavaleresque story ... Reign of Henry IV. ... Chivalricparley between him and the Duke of Orleans ... Henry’s unchivalric conduct at Shrewsbury ... Henry V. ... Knights of the Bath ... Henry’s love of chivalricbooks ... His chivalric bearing ... Commencement of the decline of chivalry ... The civil wars injured chivalry ... Caxton’s lamentation ... He exaggeratesthe evil ... Many gallant English knights ... Character of Henry VIII. with reference to chivalry ... Tournaments in his reign ... Field of the cloth of gold... Introduct ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |