THIS LITTLE VOLUME

Is inscribed

BY HIS VERY SINCERE FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

A FRAGMENTARY PROLOGUEPAGE [9]
THE TRAINING OF PAGES[30]
KNIGHTS AT HOME[36]
LOVE IN CHEVALIERS, AND CHEVALIERS IN LOVE[51]
DUELLING, DEATH, AND BURIAL[65]
THE KNIGHTS WHO “GREW TIRED OF IT”[78]
FEMALE KNIGHTS AND JEANNE DARC[104]
THE CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM[113]
SIR GUY OF WARWICK, AND WHAT BEFELL HIM[133]
GARTERIANA[148]
FOREIGN KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER[170]
THE POOR KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR, AND THEIR DOINGS[184]
THE KNIGHTS OF THE SAINTE AMPOULE[194]
THE ORDER OF THE HOLY GHOST[200]
JACQUES DE LELAING[208]
THE FORTUNES OF A KNIGHTLY FAMILY[228]
THE RECORD OF RAMBOUILLET[263]
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF[276]
STAGE KNIGHTS[295]
STAGE LADIES, AND THE ROMANCE OF HISTORY[312]
THE KINGS OF ENGLAND AS KNIGHTS; FROM THE NORMANS TO THE
STUARTS 		[329]
“THE INSTITUTION OF A GENTLEMAN”[351]
THE KINGS OF ENGLAND AS KNIGHTS; THE STUARTS[358]
THE SPANISH MATCH[364]
THE KINGS OF ENGLAND AS KNIGHTS; FROM STUART TO BRUNSWICK[375]
RECIPIENTS OF KNIGHTHOOD[388]
RICHARD CARR, PAGE, AND GUY FAUX, ESQUIRE[410]
ULRICH VON HUTTEN[420]
SHAM KNIGHTS[439]
PIECES OF ARMOR[455]

THE

KNIGHTS AND THEIR DAYS.