AGE OF CHIVALRY

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AGE OF CHIVALRY
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Rise of Tournaments, 1000-1150

• Format
• Melees
• Heraldry and the Coat of Arms

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Popularizers of Tournaments

• Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of
  Britain (1130s)
• Legend of King Arthur

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• Stephen I (1135-54)

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The Tournament Craze

• Magna Carta
• Unregulated Tournaments

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Taming the Tournament

• Code of Chivalry, mid-13th century
• Jousting
• Formal Rules
• Ideal of Nobility
• Chivalry and the Round Table

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Civilizing the Tournament

• The Role of Women
• New Prose Form, the Romance
• Sir Galahad
• Code of Chivalry

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• The Role of the Church
• Pope Alexander III (1179)
• Crusades (1st late 1090s)

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Symbols of Chivalry

• Code of Chivalry
• Linked Social Distinctions, Noble Birth and
  Chivalry
• Evolution of Ranks in the Peerage Baron,
  Viscount, Earl, Marquess and Duke

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Hereditary Titles in the Peerage

• Title Creation Address Wife
• Duke 1448 Your Grace Dutchess
• Marquess 1385 My Lord Marchioness
• Earl 11th century My Lord Countess
• Viscount 1440 My Lord Viscountess
• Baron 1387 My Lord Baroness

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Code of Chivalry and Non-Hereditary Titles

• Knighthoods Linked with Gentle Birth
• Edward III and the Order of the Garter

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Social Titles Excluded From the Peerage

• Title Creation Address
  Wife
• Baronetcy (Bt.) 1611 Sir Lady
• Knighthood (Kt.) Sir Lady