Knights and the Age of Chivalry

248 Pages·1974·37.312 MB·English

by  Raymond Rudorff

RAYMOND RUDORFF
AND THE AGE OF CHIVALRY
A Studio Book
The Viking Press New York
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Thisbookwasdevisedandproducedby
ParkandRocheEstablishment, Schaan
Copyright < 1974byRaymondRudorfF
All rightsreserved
Publishedin 1974byTheVikingPress, Inc.
625 MadisonAvenue,NewYork,N.Y.10022
DesignedbyCrispinFisher
PictureresearchbyJulietBrightmore
SBN 670-41460-3
LibraryofCongresscatalogcardnumber: 74-6997
Printedin ItalybyAmilcarePizzi S.A.,Milano
Jacket: Niccold Mauruzi da Tolentino captains the Florentines against the
Sieneseat the BattleofSanRomanoin 1432:paintingbyPaolo Uccello.
Endpaper: Fourteenth-centuryknightsinbattle:fromLesLivresdesEstoires
douCommencementdou Monde.
Title-page: Effigyofa thirteenth-centuryknightin FurnessAbbey.
Facingpreface: A kingandhisknightsoutsideatown:woodcutfromL'Arbre
desBataillesbyHonoreBona, 1493.
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Contents
Listofcolourplates 6
Preface 9
1 TheNewWarriors 1
2 The Swordand theCross 47
3 KnightsandChivalry 77
4 TheGreatOrders 117
5 The'Perfect,Gentle Knight' 152
6 The Knights in Decline 183
Shortbibliography 234
Index 236
Acknowledgments 240
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List of colour plates
Alateeleventh-centurywarrior 33
Mounted warriors and footsoldiers attacka castle undera hail
ofarrows 34
AmountedVikingknightcarriesakite-shapedshield 34
Akingandhiscrusaderswaitintheirtentsoutsideabesiegedcity 5
Infantrypitchcampwhilecrusadingknightsrideintobattle 52
ArabsinbattleagainstChristianscarryinganimageofthe
VirginandChild 61
StGeorgeandtheDragon paintingby Uccello 62
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Hand-to-handfightingattheBattleofCourtrai 64
Scenesoflifeinsideabesiegedcity 81
ThesiegeofDamietta 82
Hissquiresarmaknightforbattle 91
ThesageWolframpreachestolerancetoayoungknight 92
ThearrestoftheTemplars 125
JacquesMolay,Grand MasteroftheTemplars,and the
PreceptorofNormandy,areburnedalive 125
Battleandencampmentoutsidecitywallsafteralongsiege 126
TheTurksattackRhodes,whichisdefendedbytheKnightsof
theOrderofStJohn 135
The InnofProvence inthe StreetofKnights,Rhodes 136
James I ofAragonfightstheMoorsatPuigdeCebolla 161
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