Knight of honour, description of, [267].
English wore golden collars, II. 8.
Anxiety to receive the order from great characters, 55. and note.
No knights made on compulsion, after the days of Charles I., [158].
Degradation of, in the reign of James I., [157].
Knot, order of the, I. [358].
Knowles, Sir Robert, remarkable story of the heroism of one of his knights, I. [124].
L.
Lady in chivalry, character of, I. [182]. [256].
Her courtesy, ib.
Education, [183].
Amusements, [190].
Deportment, [185].
What ladies could create knights, [252].
Singular blending of the heroic and the tender feelings in her character, [253].
Not made prisoner in war, [227].
Judge in the tournament, [267]. [283].
Her favours worn by her knights, [272]. [275]. and note.
Lahire, the singular prayer of this knight, I. [147].
Lance, the chief weapon of the knight, I. [66].
The staff made from the ash-tree, ib.
Langurant, Lord of, bravery of, and of his squire, I. [46]. and note.
Another story, [93].
Largess, distributed at ceremonial of inauguration, I. [54].
At tournaments, [284].
Launcelot, generous modesty of this knight, I. [159].
Singular proof of his high reputation, [55]. note.
Beautiful lamentation over his dead body, [377].
Lee, Sir Henry, his gallantry, II. 132.
Legnano, battle of, II. [304].
Liberality, a great virtue in chivalry, I. [157].
Liegois, their battle with the French chivalry, II. 204.
Lists, description of the, I. [266].
London, citizens of, their taste for chivalric amusements, II. 11.
Lords, House of, errors of its committees, I. [15]. note.
Lorrys, Sir Launcelet de, a gallant knight, killed in a joust for love of his lady, I. [292].
Love, peculiarities of chivalric, I. [212]. [217-222]. [194], &c.
Perfection and purity of chivalric, II. 345.
Quick-sightedness of courtly matrons regarding signs of, II. 322.
Louis, Saint, his barbarous intolerance, I. [148].
Loyes, Sir, of Spain, his cruelty, I. [151].
M.
Mail-armour, various descriptions of, I. [78-81].
Mail and plate, [82].
Mail worn in all ages of chivalry, [84].
Manny, Sir Walter, succours the Countess of Mountfort, I. [245].
His bravery at Calais, II. 18.
An amorous knight, 27.
His kindness to two brother-knights, 29.
His joyous adventurousness, 30.
Other feats, 31, &c.
His filial piety, 34.
Gentleness of his disposition, 38.
His high rank in England, 39.
His sageness, 40.
His liberality, 41.
Founds the Charter-house, 42.
March, Countess of, story of her chivalric heroism in defending the castle of Dunbar, I. [237].
Marche, Thomas de la, his duel with John de Visconti, II.
Martel, nature of that weapon, I. [68].
Marzia, degl’ Ubaldini, story of her heroic deportment at Cesena, I. [249].
Maule, its qualities, I. [68].
Not a perfectly chivalric weapon, [72].
Maximilian the only Emperor of Germany of a chivalric character, II. 315.
His joust with a French knight, ib.
Medicine, knowlege of, possessed by dames and damsels, I. [186].
Faith of knights in medicines administered by women, [187].
Medici, Lorenzo de, won a prize at a tournament, I. [267].
Men-at-arms, manner of their fighting, and description of their armour, I. [107].
Mercenaries, their use in the French army, II. 209.
Mercy, order of our Lady of, reason of the establishing of the, I. [354].
Merlo, Sir John, a Spanish knight, account of his jousting in Burgundy, II. 297-300.
Meyrick, Dr., character of his critical inquiry into ancient armour, I. [79]. note, [101]. note, [114]. note.
Michael of the Wing, purposes of the establishing of this order, I. [356].
Milan, Sir Galeas, Duke of, his courtesy to the Earl of Derby, II. 330.
Milanese armour, excellence of. See [Italian armour].
Missals, the merits of, decided by battle, II. 288.
Minstrels, description of them and their art in connection with chivalry, I. [166], &c.
Their chivalric importance in Italy, II. 327.
Molai, Jacques de, appoints a successor to his authority over the Templars, I. [140].
Montferrand, Regnaud de, the romantic excess of his love for chivalric honours, I. [59].
Montglaive, Guerin de, I. [30].
Montpensier, Henry de Bourbon, his death in a tournament, II. 226.
Mountfort, Jane de, tale of her heroism, I. [239].
Music, ladies in chivalry were taught, I. [183], [184].
N.
Naples, chivalry at, II. 331.
Ceremonies of chivalric inauguration in, 332.
Navaret, battle of, II. 189.
Nobility, education of English, in the sixteenth century, II. 115.
Normans, nature of their chivalry, I. [383].
Plant chivalry in Italy, II. 331.
O.
Oak, in Navarre, order of, I. [374].
Obedience, dignity of, I. [6].
Olympic games, their inferiority to the games of chivalry, I. [259].
Orbigo, account of a singular passage of arms at, II. 292-296.
Orders, the religious, their general principles, I. [333].
Qualifications for them, [336].
Use of the religious, [337].
Military orders, ib.
Dormant orders, [366].
Singular titles of, [371].
Ordonnance, companies of, established by Charles VII., their unchivalric nature, II. 209.
Orleans, Duke of, his satire on the heaviness of English armour, I. [91].
Orris, Michael de, the romantic and chivalric nature of his love, I. [322].
Ostrich feathers, whether originally a crest or a device of the Black Prince, I. [101], &c.
Otterbourn, description of that chivalric battle, II. 76, &c.
Oxenford, Earl of, amusing story of his absurd pride, I. [36].
Oxford, Edward Vere, Earl of, his coxcombry and romantic gallantry, II. 150.
P.
Page, the first gradation in chivalry, I. [30].
At what age a boy became one, ib.
His duties, [31].
Personal service, ib.
Taught love, religion, and war, [32].
His martial exercises, [35].
(See [Saintré].)
Combats of pages, II. 208.
State of English pages during the sixteenth century, 149.
Palaye, Sainte, character of his Memoirs of ancient Chivalry, [Preface].
Paleaz, Martin, a Spanish knight, his story, II. 271.
Passage of arms, what it was, I. [327].
Error of the author of Ivanhoe concerning, ib. note.
Description of one in Burgundy, [328].;
and at Orbigo, in Spain, II. 292.
Patriotism, not necessarily a knightly virtue, I. [139].
But encouraged by the religious and military orders, [335], [336].
Peacock, festival and vow of the, I. [177].
Mode of dressing the, [178]. note.
Pelayo, his history, II. 242.
Pembroke, Earl, stories of, II. 33. 52-58.
Penitents of love, a singular set of fanatics in France, I. [211].
Pennon, the streamer at end of a lance, I. [66].
Perceval, Mr. George, excellence of his history of Italy, [Preface].
Cited, I. [102]. note. II. 218. 325. note. 326-328.
Percy. See [Hotspur].
Perfumes, fondness of people in the middle ages for, I. [194]. note.
Philippa, Queen, her heroism, I. [236].
Plate-armour, description of, I. [83].
Its inconveniences I. [84]. [102]. note.
Peter the Cruel, his history, II. 181, &c.
Politeness of knights in battle, I. [135].
Pride of knights ridiculed by Cervantes, I. [393].
Prisoners, when made by knights, delivered to the squires, I. [41].
Curious pride of knights concerning, [138].
Ladies were never made prisoners, [227].
Pursuivant of love, the favourite title of a knight, I. [202].
Pye, Lord Saint, his skill in jousting, I. [309], &c.
Q.
Quinones, Sueno de, account of his holding a passage of arms at Orbigo, in Spain, II. 292.
Quintain, nature of that amusement, I. [44].
R.
Ramsey, William de, the chivalric nature of his death, I. [147].
Ransoming, the general principles of, in chivalric times, I. [136].
Rapier, an Italian weapon, II. 135.
Fighting with it supersedes the sword and buckler, ib.
Religion, nature of the knight’s, I. [146]. [150].
Brevity of his devotions, ib.
Curious instance of it, [147].
The chivalric glory of a man being shriven in his helmet, ib.
Intolerance of the knight, [148].
His ferocity against Pagans and Saracens, ib.
His idle impiety at a tournament, [266].
Maintained opinions by the sword, [349].
Rienzi, Cola di, instance of his coxcombry, II. 335. note.
Richard I., description of his battle-axe, I. [69].
His chivalric character, [391].
Rivers, mystery of, meaning of the phrase, I. [29].
Romance of chivalry displayed in the tournament, I. [266].
Great estimation of romances in chivalric times, I. [174].
Beneficial effects of, on chivalry, II. 170.
Their popularity in England during the sixteenth century, 100.
Effects on Italy, 337.
Roncesvalles, chivalric march through the valley of, by the soldiers of the Black Prince, II. 189.
Question regarding battles in, at the time of Charlemagne, 244.
Round Table, when and where held in England, II. 3.
Number of knights attached to the fabulous, I. [376]. note.
Roy, Raynolde du, a good jouster, chivalric reason for it, I. [312].
Rybamount, courtesy of Edward III. to Lord Eustace of, II. 19.
S.
Sageness, meaning of this old word, I. [129].
Saintré, Jean de, curious account of the education in love of this knight, I. [32].
Scales, Anthony Woodville, Lord, his joust with the Bastard of Burgundy, I. [314].
Scarf, ladies’, on the knight, I. [85]. [89]. [101].
Scotland, form of chivalric oath in, II. 70.
Chivalric circumstances, 71.
Frenchmen’s opinions of Scotsmen’s chivalry, 73.
Reasons for Englishmen’s dislike of wars in, 75.
Courtesies between English and Scottish knights, 75.
See [James IV.]
Shield, sentiments of honour connected with the, I. [77].
Its various shapes, [78].
Sidney, Sir Philip, his chivalric character, II. 126.
His Arcadia, 127.
Circumstances of his life, 128.
Remarkable grief at his death, 129.
Uncommon kindness of the Sidney family, ib., and note.
His description of the nature of chivalric courage, I. [130]. note.
His apology for ladies studying surgery, I. [188].
Sir, its title in chivalry, I. [31].
Skottowe, Mr., excellence of his work on Shakspeare, I. [209]. note.
Smithfield, anciently the principal tilting ground in London, I. [269].
Used for other purposes, note, ib.
Its state in the sixteenth century evidence of the degeneracy of chivalry, II. 136. note.
Spain, religious orders in, account of, I. [344].
General nature of Spanish chivalry, II. 230.
Religion and heroism, ib.
Gallantry, 231. 289.
Curious blending of Spanish and Oriental manners, 232.
Beneficial effects from the union of Moors and Spaniards, 233.
Religious toleration in Spain, 235.
Loves and friendships of Moors and Christians, ib.
Peculiarities of Spanish chivalry, 236.
Forms of knighthood, 237.
Various classes of knights, 238.
Spanish knights travel to distant countries, asserting the beauty of Spanish maidens, 296.
Extinction of Spanish chivalry, 301.
The knight’s idolatry of women outlives this extinction, 302.
Spanish poetry, 241.
Story of Spanish manners 271. 277.
State of Spanish chivalry after the death of the Cid, II. 287.
Spenser, his Fairy Queen supports chivalry, II. 126.
Object of the poem, ib.
Poem cited, passim.
Spices, fondness of knights for them, I. [169]. note. [282].
Spurs, buckling them on, a part of chivalric inauguration ceremonies, I. [53].
Suspended in churches as memorials of victory and honour, II. 305. note.
Squire, his personal and chivalric duties, I. [35], [36]. [39].
Never sat at the same table with knights, [36].
Story of a high-spirited squire, [37].
His dress, [39].
Various sorts of squires, [40].
Spenser’s picture of one, ib.
His duties in battle, [41].
Carried the pennon of a knight, ib.
His gallantry, [41]. [45].
His martial exercises, [43].
Undertook military expeditions, [45].
His services in the battle-field, [41]. [46].
Nature of his armour, [107].
Story of the boldness of a, I. [128].
English squires wore silver collars, II. 8.
See [Bovines].
Squirehood, the third class of the general order of chivalry, I. [23].
Of whom it was formed, [24].
Stephen, his courtesy to Matilda, I. [153].
Important effects of chivalry in his reign, I. [389].
Stocking, order of the, I. [379].
Origin of the phrase Blue Stocking, [380].
This contemptuous expression no longer applicable to Englishwomen, [381].
Stothard, Mrs. Charles, her Tour in Normandy cited, I. [241]. note.
Surcoats, their materials and purposes, I. [85].
Of the military orders, [86].
Surgery, knowledge of, possessed by ladies in chivalric times, I. [188].
Surry, Earl of, incorrectness of the common tale regarding, II. 114.
Swinton, Sir John, his fine heroism, I. [56].
Another story of the heroism of a, [128].
Sword, girding of it on the knight a part of the chivalric inauguration ceremonies, I. [11]. [63].
The favourite weapon of the knight, I. [70].
Swords had names and mottoes; the cross hilt; the handle contained the knight’s seal; Spanish swords, [70-77].
Story of the Cid’s favourite swords, II. 279.
T.
Tabard, description of, I. [85].
Templars, Knights, extravagance of their ascetism, I. [324]. note.
Errors of the author of Waverley regarding, [337]. note.
The valiancy of the, [338].
Succession of Grand Masters from the persecution to the present time, [340], &c.
Present state of, [342].
Their importance in Spain, [241].
Thistle, order of the, I. [363].
Its absurd pretensions to antiquity, ib.
Thomson, Anthony Todd, value of his botanical lectures, I. [315]. note.
Tournaments, superiority of, to Grecian games, I. [259].
Origin of, [260].
Objects, [261]., and notes.
Qualifications for tourneying, [263]. [265]. [272].
Who tourneyed, [264].
Ceremonies of the, ib.
Procession to the, [268].
Nature of tourneying weapons, [270].
The preparation, [273].
The encounter, [274].
English regulations concerning, [279]. note.
Opposed by the Popes, [286]. note.
Their frequency in the reign of Edward III., II. 2.
Time of their death in England, 137.
Female tournament in Germany, 314.
Tristrem, Romance of, I. [26].
V.
Valet, the common title of the page, I. [35].
Vargas, Garcia Perez de, a splendid exemplar of Spanish chivalry. Story of his romantic gallantry, II. 289.
Vigil of arms a necessary preliminary to knighthood, I. [49].
Vilain, Sir John, anecdote of his remarkable prowess, I. [69].
Virtue, degree of, expected in a knight, I. [149].
Visconti, John de, his duel with Thomas de la Marche, II. 22.
Vows, knightly, courage incited by, I. [127].
Fantastic, ib., &c. [322].
W.
Wallop, Sir John, his men break lances for ladies’ love, II. 117.
Warwick, an earl of, a famous jouster, I. [301].
Wells, Lord, his joust with Sir David de Lindsay, first Earl of Crawford, I. [290].
Werner, fiendlike ferocity and impiety of, II. 328.
William Rufus, authors wrong, in calling him a chivalric king, I. [391].
But he promoted the growth of chivalry in England, I. [387].
Wines, dislike entertained by the Englishmen of old for the wines of Spain, I. [143].
Wines drank in chivalric times, [193]. and note.
Wines and spices, [169]. note.
Woods, mystery of, I. [29].
Worcester, John, Earl of, Constable. His regulations regarding tournaments in England, I. [279]. note.
Wordsworth, his beautiful description of the occupations and life of a minstrel, I. [171].
X.
Ximena, a Spanish maiden, story of her voluntary marriage with her father’s murderer, II. 247.
Z.
Zamora, story of that town and the Cid of Spain, II. 254.
Footnotes:
[1] The History of Italy, from the Fall of the Western Empire to the Commencement of the Wars of the French Revolution. By George Perceval, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo. 1825.
[2] A third volume was added in the year 1781, which also bears the title “Mémoires sur l’ancienne Chevalerie;” though more than half of the volume relates to the sport of hunting, which is a baronial or feudal rather than a chivalric subject.
[3] The Troubadour, &c. By L. E. L., author of The Improvisatrice. 12mo.
[4] Jean Froissart, called Sir Jean Froissart, (the title, Sir, being in the middle ages common to all who were either in the holy orders of the church or in the holy order of knighthood,) was born at Valenciennes in the year 1337, and died in 1397.
[5] The Prologue of Froissart—Lord Berners’ translation.
[6] I subjoin Schultens’ Latin version of the Arabic passage in Bohadin, vita et res gestæ Saladini, c. 127. p. 209. “Cupere Anglum ut Almalichus Aladilus sororem ipsius in matrimonium duceret (eam e Sicilia cujus functo domino nupta fuerat, secum avexerat frater, quum insulam illam trajiceret).”
[7] Reiske’s Latin version of Abulfeda is this:—“Illuc commeabant Francorum pacis causa legati, eam offerentes conditionem, ut Malec-al-Adel, frater Sultani sororem Regis Angliæ in matrimonium, et Hierosolymas in regnum acciperet.” Abulfeda, vol. iv. p. 111.