The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny: Text, Context, and Translation, Paperback - Richard W. Kaeuper

DescriptionThe Book of Chivalry is the most pragmatic of all surviving chivalric manuals. Written at the height of the Hundred Years War, it includ...

On the great influence of a valiant lord: "The companions, who see that good warriors are honored by the great lords for their prowess, become more...

The Livre Charny (Charny's Book), by the 14th century French knight Geoffroi de Charny, translated here by Nigel Bryant with an introduction by Ian...

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A new translation according to the traditional Hebrew text The Psalms have long brought comfort to those who mourn and have helped us find the spir...

Ramon Llull (1232-1316) composed The Book of the Order of Chivalry between 1274 and 1276 as both an instrument of reform and an agent for change. H...

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