10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNIGHTLINESS»
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knightliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
knightliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Embattled Courage: The Experience of Combat in the American ...
Mark Twain would later charge, not entirely in jest, that Scott should be held
responsible for the Civil War.20 To those imbued with knightliness, warfare
seemed a joust and the soldier a knightly warrior or holy crusader, an exemplar
of brave ...
2
The Civil War Soldier: A Historical Reader
Knightliness might be described less as a distinct value than as an extension and
an exaggeration of honor. Its influence was not broad. The men in the ranks paid
it little heed, and serious interest confined itself to two narrow social strata: the ...
Michael Barton, Larry M. Logue, 2002
3
Performing Virginity and Testing Chastity in the Middle Ages
60 Mark Lambert reads this episode as “the measurability of knightliness,” and as
a moving celebration of knightliness, in Malory: Style and Vision in Le Morte
Darthur, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1975, p. 57. He argues for
humility ...
Kathleen Coyne Kelly, 2002
4
Victorian Celebrity Culture and Tennyson's Circle
Sceptical and derogative about his abilities, Lynette accuses Gareth of merely
imitating knightliness: 'how like a noble knight he talks! / The listening rogue hath
caught the manner of it' (757–58). She changes her mind, however, once she ...
Charlotte Boyce, Páraic Finnerty, Anne-Marie Millim, 2013
5
Empire of Magic: Medieval Romance and the Politics of ...
constructions. of. knighthood. and. knightliness.32. Historically, one manifestation
of such corruption is the “degeneration of the notion of liege homage,” an
inevitable outcome of bastard feudalism, along ...
In the same true spirit of knightliness an Englishman knocks a man down and
then stands back so that he can get up and have another chance, whereas a
more practical person would take excellent care that his opponent never got up
till he ...
Capt Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, Edited by H. L. Hanna, H.L. Hanna, 2013
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The Dream of Civilized Warfare: World War I Flying Aces and ...
In his preface, Grey takes the reader back to the French chronicler Jean Froissart
(1337-1410), who noted that it was "'impossible to inculcate into the German
knights the true spirit of knightliness.'" The medieval German knight, according to
...
Linda Raine Robertson, 2003
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Le Morte Darthur : The Winchester Manuscript
... casual self—confidence that marks Tristram or Lancelot; and his unhesitating
clarity of moral vision makes him a touchstone for measuring knightliness in
others. Other knights swing between the opposing poles of fellowship and
treachery, ...
Thomas Malory, Helen Cooper, 1998
Our old friend Froissart is credited with the statement that in his age it was always
“impossible to inculcate into the German knights the true spirit of knightliness.”
Which seems to indicate that the practical German mind of thosedays couldnot ...
Manfred Von Richthofen, 2009
10
The Image of Aristocracy: In Britain, 1000-1300
This seems to be the only way to account for the rich men who are credited with
knightliness. Over and above this was the fact that the knight was a man on
horseback. Horse-riding had high status. The horse had long been a necessary ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KNIGHTLINESS»
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knightliness is used in the context of the following news items.
Merlin series 4 episode 8 review: Lamia
... there's something odd going on with the knights (except for Percival it seems), with their quarrelling getting in the way of their knightliness. «Den Of Geek, Nov 11»
The Bedrock of Marine Corps Indoctrination
... a more intense barrage of patriotism that justified state-sponsored killing, mixed with the instillation of gallantry or knightliness, as a virtue. «CounterPunch, Jul 04»
