The Knight in History (37 page)

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Acre, 116, 123, 125, 131, 132, 134

Adhémar of Chabannes, chronicler, 18–19

Adhémar of Le Puy, bishop, 22, 36

adultery, attitudes toward, 59–60

Agincourt, battle of, 174

Alençon, John, duke of, 175–176, 180

allod, 11, 14, 27, 28, 36

Andreas Capellanus, 59–60

Anse, councils of, 18

Antioch, siege of, 31, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43

Ariosto, Ludovico, 203, 207

armor, 2–3, 10, 12, 15–16, 17, 30, 37, 79, 88, 89, 90–91, 101–102, 105, 122, 142–145, 157, 171, 172–174, 200, 201, 202, 206

army, professional, evolution of, 165, 168, 185, 196–197

Arnaut Daniel, 47, 48–50, 51, 53, 56, 61, 62–69

Arras, treaty of, 181–182, 183

Arthur, King, 3, 72–77, 80, 176, 195, 201, 206

Arthurian romances, 5, 72–80, 82, 183, 200, 207

artillery (gunpowder), 160, 166, 170–172, 177–178, 196–197

Ascham, Roger, 195, 203

Assassins, 131–132

Baldwin, count of Boulogne, 45

banneret, 93, 153, 172, 176

“bastard feudalism,” 189, 196

Battle of the Herrings, 168, 177–178

Battle of the Thirty, 152, 154, 163, 197

Bayard, Chevalier (Pierre Terrail), 198, 207

Bayeux Tapestry, 13, 17, 101

Beaugency, siege of, 178–180

Beaumanoir, Philippe de, 103–104

Bedford, John, duke of, 174, 175–176, 177, 178, 179, 181–182, 185, 197

Bernard of Clairvaux (Saint Bernard), 107, 108–109, 113

Bernart de Ventadorn (Ventadour), 51–52, 56

Berners, Lord (John Bourchier), 201

Bertran de Born, 49, 61–62, 95–96

Bloch, Marc, 9

Blois, Charles de, 145, 148, 150, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 164

Blois, Jeanne de (Jeanne de Penthièvre), 145, 148, 158, 164

Bogin, Meg, 52

Bohemund d’Hauteville, 22, 36, 38, 45

Bonner, Anthony, 64–66, 68–69

booty, 30–31, 33, 42, 87, 89, 93, 148, 150, 155, 161, 170, 172, 184–185, 197

Bouvet (or Bonet), Honoré, 167, 184–185

Bretigny, treaty of, 160

Brittany, annexation of, 163–164

Brittany, dynastic war of, 145–146

Brunner, Heinrich, 8–9

Buch, Captal de, 155, 163, 177

Bueil, Jean de, 197–198

Burgundy, duke of,
see
Charles the Rash, John the Fearless, Philip the Bold, Philip the Good

Caister Castle, 186–187, 189, 190, 192, 193–194

Calveley, Hugh of, 150, 153, 157, 158

castles, 2–3, 15, 27, 28, 29, 115–118

Caxton, William, 80, 195, 201, 202, 207

Cervantes, Miguel de, 195, 203–204, 207

Chandos, Sir John, 152–156, 158, 177

Chanson de Roland
, 71

chansons de geste
, 71, 78, 207

Charlemagne, 8, 9, 12, 71, 203

Charles V (the Wise), king of France, 138, 153, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163–164, 165

Charles VI, king of France, 170, 174

Charles VII, king of France, 181, 182, 196, 197

Charles VIII, king of France, 198

Charles Martel, 8, 11, 13

Charles the Bad, king of Navarre, 153, 154, 155, 163

Charroux, council of, 18

Chastel Blanc, 115, 116

Chateau Pélérin, 116, 125

chivalry, codes of, 2, 6, 73, 77–80, 104–105, 184–185, 195, 201, 203–206, 207

Chrétien de Troyes, 74, 76, 78–79, 80, 82

Christine de Pisan, 184

Clermont, council of, 20, 21–22, 35

Cluny, abbey of, 18, 24, 27, 28, 30, 34, 36, 99

colée
, 85, 86, 92, 104

compagnies de grande ordonnance
, 196

Cory, Johnson, 207

courtly love,
see
love

Crécy, battle of, 145–146, 148, 174

crossbow, 42, 146, 157

Crusade of Frederick II (1228–1229), 119

Crusade of St. Louis (1249–1253), 125–134

Crusading privileges, 35

Crusading vow, 21, 35, 94, 95

Cuvelier, Jean, 137, 140, 141, 148, 158–159, 161

Damietta, 127, 130

Dante, 47, 48, 50, 66, 67, 69, 70

Dinan, 139, 140, 152, 164, 165

distraint of knighthood, 103, 192

Don Quixote
, 195, 203–204

Dorylaeum, battle of, 38, 39

Douglas, David C., 13

dubbing,
see
knighting ceremony

Duby, Georges, 14, 17, 24, 25, 29, 60, 99, 103

Dunois, Jean, Bastard of Orleans, 178, 180

Edward I, king of England, 104, 169

Edward II, king of England, 169

Edward III, king of England, 80, 145, 146, 148, 150, 153, 154, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 168, 176, 183, 201

Edward IV, king of England, 192, 194

Edward, the Black Prince, 150, 157–158, 159, 160

Eglinton Tournament, 206–207

Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England, 74, 91, 95

Elizabeth I, queen of England, 202

equites
(Roman Equestrian Order), 8, 202

Eschenbach, Wolfram von, 1, 76

Fastolf, Millicent Tiptoft, 169, 187, 189

Fastolf, Sir John, 6, 167–169, 170, 172–183, 185–192, 193, 194, 197; origins, 168; birth, 168; education, 168–169; marriage, 169; in Agincourt campaign, 169, 174; knighted, 174; as master of Bedford’s household, 174; at Verneuil, 175–176; profits of war of, 174–176, 177; made Knight of the Garter, 176–177; in Battle of Herrings, 168, 177–178; at battle of Patay, 168, 180–181; character of, 167, 181, 187–188; as model for Shakespeare’s Falstaff, 168, 181, 183; “report,” 168, 182–183; builds Caister, 186–187; property disputes, 188–189; will and death, 189–192

feudalism, 3–4, 8–11, 24, 26–29, 31, 99, 196; definition of, 3, 11; origins of, 8–11; relation of knights to, 3–4, 24, 26–29, 99

feudal levy, 146, 169, 174

fief, 3, 11, 28–29, 31, 103–104

fief-rente
, 31

Field of Cloth of Gold, 202

First Crusade, 4–5, 17, 20, 22–24, 29, 30–31, 33–46, 48, 78, 99, 108, 114; effects of, 5, 45–46; financing of, 36–37; leaders of, 22, 45; methods of fighting in, 38–39, 41–43; motivation for, 4–5, 21–22, 24, 32–34, 45; organization of, 22, 35, 36; preaching of, 21–22; transport and supply for, 37–38

FitzGerald, Edward, 207

Flor, Roger de, 134

Fougeray, castle of, 148, 149

Francis I, king of France, 198, 202, 207

Frederick I (Barbarossa), German emperor, 98

Frederick II, German emperor, 70, 98, 119

frérèche
, 25

Froissart, Jean, 137, 139, 140, 148, 183, 195, 198, 201, 204, 205

Fulcher of Chartres, chronicler, 34, 38, 39, 42, 43

Fulk III (Nerra), count of Anjou, 31

Fulk V (the Young), count of Anjou, 108

Galahad, 76–77, 80, 195, 205, 206, 207

Geoffrey de St. Omer, co-founder of the Templars, 108

Geoffrey of Monmouth, chronicler, 73–74, 75, 76, 90

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 202

Gildas, chronicler, 72

Glaber, Ralph, chronicler, 18

Grand Assize, 99, 102

Gregorian reform, 17, 32–33

Gregory VII, pope, 4, 32–33

Gros family, 24, 27, 30, 34

Guesclin, Bertrand du, 137–166, 168, 177, 197, 198; birth, 138, 140; physical appearance, 138, 140, 141–142; character, 140, 165; youth, 140–142; tournaments, 142, 150; in Breton war, 145–153, 155–156; knighting, 149–150; first marriage, 154; ransoms, 138, 153, 156, 158; in Navarrerie, 153–155; becomes banneret, 153; Spanish adventure of, 156–158; in resumption of Hundred Years War, 159–165; named constable of France, 161; second marriage, 163; in war of Breton annexation, 163–164; death, 138, 164–165

gunpowder,
see
artillery

Guillem (William) VII, count of Poitou, IX duke of Aquitaine, 54–56

Guillaume de Sonnac, Master of the Temple, 125, 130

Guinevere, 73, 76, 90, 206

Hastings, battle of, 13

Henry I, king of England, 82

Henry II, king of England, 84, 85, 91, 92, 95, 96, 99–100

Henry III, king of England, 97, 102, 103

Henry IV, German emperor, 32–33

Henry IV, king of England, 169, 181

Henry V, king of England, 169, 170, 174, 180, 185, 195

Henry VI, German emperor, 98

Henry VI, king of England, 174, 181, 182, 189

Henry VIII, king of England, 201–202, 207