Legends of Chivalry

by Allan, Tony; Time-Life Books; Bishop, Clifford; Phillips, Charles; Duncan Baird Publishers

• ISBN13: 9780705436731
• ISBN10: 070543673X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Time Life Education

Summary

Recounts legends and tales from the middle ages, including stories of heroes, maidens, outlaws, and rebels.

Table of Contents

The Medieval World	6	(26)
A Roman Inheritance	8	(20)
Picture Essay: Paths of the Pilgrims	28	(4)
The Heroes of Epic	32	(32)
Charlemagne and the Song of Roland	34	(6)
Huon and the Fairy King	40	(2)
The Rebel Lords	42	(2)
Doomed Love	44	(4)
The Song of El Cid	48	(6)
The Death of El Cid	54	(2)
A Chivalric Alexander	56	(4)
Richard the Lionheart	60	(2)
Seven Champions of Christendom	62	(2)
Maidens, Mysteries and Trials of Love	64	(26)
A Worthy Knight's Prize	66	(4)
Phantoms and Fantasies	70	(4)
The Rages of Jealousy	74	(2)
The Lais of Marie de France	76	(4)
The Fairy Kingdoms	80	(4)
Loves Lost and Found	84	(4)
Picture Essay: The Flowering of Love	88	(2)
Outlaws and Champions of Justice	90	(22)
The Fighter in the Fens	92	(4)
A Half-Forgotten Hero of Romance	96	(2)
Eustace the Marauding Monk	98	(2)
The Devil's Child	100	(2)
A Banished Baron's Fight for Justice	102	(2)
Rhymes of Robin Hood	104	(4)
Heroes for the People	108	(2)
Picture Essay: The Lore of Hunting	110	(2)
Poking Fun at the Powers-That-Be	112	(22)
The Ruses of Reynard the Fox	114	(4)
The Pilgrimage of Charlemagne	118	(4)
Dame Fortune's Fickle Gift	122	(2)
Wise Men and Magi	124	(2)
Laughter in the Face of Plague	126	(2)
Till Eulenspiegel the Prankster	128	(4)
Picture Essay: Fantastic Creatures	132	(2)
The Legacy of Medieval Myth	134	(4)
Glossary and Index	138	(6)
Further Reading and Picture Credits	144