Military Society and the Court of Chivalry in the Age of the Hundred Years War

by Philip J. Caudrey

Book Overview

An investigation into three of the best-known cases tried under the Court of Chivalry reveals much about gentry military society.

The highest and most sovereign things a knight ought to guard in defence of his estate are his troth and his arms. So declared Richard, Lord Scrope of Bolton, before the Court of Chivalry, eloquently encapsulating the fundamental role heraldic identity played in the lives of the late medieval English gentry. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783276959
• ISBN13: 9781783276950
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"