title: Dictionary of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry: Concepts and Terms
author: Bradford A. Broughton
description: "Broughton, who in previous works has served as both editor and translator, brings to this volume an extensive background of research and publication in medieval literature. This dictionary, 15 years in the making, is the first of a two-volume set. Whereas the second volume will focus on persons, places, and events, this one is primarily concerned with concepts and terms.' However, some persons and places are explained when necessary for understanding of the concepts and terms. Definitions are arranged alphabetically, and most entries contain cross-references to other entries. There are two appendixes, the first a listing of feast days and saint's days, the second providing topical access to entries, to help the reader identify the entries that relate to topics such as heraldry, castles, and weapons. An extensive bibliography and a lengthy index complete the work."-Choice<br /><br />"This work should prove to be a joy and a delight to both novices and experts. Its depth of coverage within its topics places it well beyond more general works. . . . {I}ts usefulness in the areas of history, literature, and the arts can justify its purchase by any library with patrons whose interests are set in the medieval period."-RQ<br /><br />"Most historians find a work such as this valuable, but could not have compiled it themselves; the fifteen years of research which produced this book would have reduced most of us to babbling, drooling, burnt-out cases, if not to catatonia. The effort and care which obviously went into this book evoke awe and admiration. . . . This work will be useful--perhaps even essential--to undergraduates writing papers in the area of knighthood and chivalry, as well as to historians wishing to confirm what they should already know. The Dictionary is particularly strong in matters military and heraldic. It is also fun for the browser; anyone who claims to have learned nothing from it is either the author or a liar."-Albion<br /><br />?This work should prove to be a joy and a delight to both novices and experts. Its depth of coverage within its topics places it well beyond more general works. . . . {I}ts usefulness in the areas of history, literature, and the arts can justify its purchase by any library with patrons whose interests are set in the medieval period.?-RQ<br /><br />?Most historians find a work such as this valuable, but could not have compiled it themselves; the fifteen years of research which produced this book would have reduced most of us to babbling, drooling, burnt-out cases, if not to catatonia. The effort and care which obviously went into this book evoke awe and admiration. . . . This work will be useful--perhaps even essential--to undergraduates writing papers in the area of knighthood and chivalry, as well as to historians wishing to confirm what they should already know. The Dictionary is particularly strong in matters military and heraldic. It is also fun for the browser; anyone who claims to have learned nothing from it is either the author or a liar.?-Albion<br /><br />?Broughton, who in previous works has served as both editor and translator, brings to this volume an extensive background of research and publication in medieval literature. This dictionary, 15 years in the making, is the first of a two-volume set. Whereas the second volume will focus on persons, places, and events, this one is primarily concerned with concepts and terms.' However, some persons and places are explained when necessary for understanding of the concepts and terms. Definitions are arranged alphabetically, and most entries contain cross-references to other entries. There are two appendixes, the first a listing of feast days and saint's days, the second providing topical access to entries, to help the reader identify the entries that relate to topics such as heraldry, castles, and weapons. An extensive bibliography and a lengthy index complete the work.?-Choice
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  ### Holman Day
  
  
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  I. IN THE DUST OF THE LONG HIGHWAY
  
  
  II. A HOME-MADE KNIGHT-ERRANT
  
  
  III. KNIGHT-ERRANTRY TESTED
  
  
  IV. FARR, THE FAT TRAMP, AND A SUIT OF CLOTHES
  
  
  V. THE GIRL WHO GUARDED HER LIPS
  
  
  VI. A MAN ON FOOT AND A MAN IN HIS CHARIOT
  
  
  VII. THE RAKE WHICH GROPED IN DARK WATERS
  
  
  VIII. THE KEY TO A DOOR IN BLOCK TEN
  
  
  IX. THE GIRL FROM TADOUSAC
  
  
  X. POISON FOR THE POOR
  
  
  XI. THE LORDS OF THE CITY
  
  
  XII. AT THE FOOT OF THE THRONE
  
  
  XIII. THE CODE AND THE GAGE OF BATTLE
  
  
  XIV. THE MATTER OF DOING WHAT ONE CAN
  
  
  XV. WHEN A MAID IS COY
  
  
  XVI. FARR HAS A VISION AND CLOSES HIS LIPS
  
  
  XVII. THE MADNESS OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT
  
  
  XVIII. CORRALING A CONVERT
  
  
  XIX. CONSCIENCE ENLISTING A RECRUIT
  
  
  XX. CONSIDERATION: ONE DAUGHTER
  
  
  XXI. THE HONORABLE LION CONFERS WITH COLONEL
  
  
  TIGER
  
  
  XXII. ENLISTING A KNIGHT-ERRANT
  
  
  XXIII. THE PROPHET WHO WAS UNDERR