The Order of the Garter 1348-1461

Chivalry and Politics in Late Medieval England
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-19-820817-4
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 611 g

Reihe: Oxford Historical Monographs

This is the first scholarly study of the political role of the Order of the Garter during the late middle ages. It evaluates the relationship between the practical objectives served by the institution and its status as a chivalric elite. Focusing on the years between the Garter's inception in 1348 and the deposition of Henry VI in 1461, the study considers the Order's conception, companionship and collective activities, and places them against the political backdrop
of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Hugh Collins highlights the potential of the fraternity as an instrument of political patronage, and attributes its success in this area to the important balance achieved in the Garter's constitution and fellowship between pragmatic considerations and
knightly ideas. His examination of the interdependence of these two facets thus reveals the extent to which political society in the late middle ages founded its ambitions and aspirations on the cult of chivalry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Hugh E. L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historische Hilfswissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Research analyst, Ashurst Morris Crisp (London law firm)