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The Knight Without the Sword
By Hyonjin Kim
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Description
This book challenges both assumptions by reading behind the chivalrous façade of Malory's work the anxieties and aspirations of the real fifteenth-century aristocracy - especially squirearchical landowners such as the author himself - who faced the world around them armed with practical wisdom, charisma, and instinct for survival, as well as with the glistening sword and courtly rhetoric. As the title, 'The Knight without the Sword' suggests, it is yet another study of the Malorian knight and chivalry, but the study of the knight without his sword and chivalrous outfit.
In three main chapters are presented three distinct pictures of the Malorian knight - the portrait of the knight as a landowner, as an active member of political society, and as a representative of a social group earnestly preoccupied with its self-image and place in society. These three portraits, set behind the strong silhouettes of the archetypal knight-errant covering the foreground of Malory's chivalric narrative, create a composite picture not only of Malorian chivalry but of the mentality of the late medieval aristocracy in general.
Product details
Number of Pages:
168
Release Date:
2001-02-01
Publication Date:
2000-12-07
Publisher:
D.S.Brewer
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0859916030
ISBN13:
9780859916035
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
423 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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