The Origins of Courtliness
Civilizing Trends and the Formation of Courtly Ideals, 939-1210
1st Edition
Published on 3. August 2010
340 pages
978-0-8122-0089-8 (ISBN)
Description
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book
Argues that the origins of courtliness lie in the German courts, their courtier class, and the education for court service in the tenth and eleventh centuries.
Argues that the origins of courtliness lie in the German courts, their courtier class, and the education for court service in the tenth and eleventh centuries.
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"The most original contribution to the ideological history of medieval aristocratic mores that has appeared."-American Historical JournalMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-8122-0089-8 (9780812200898)
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C. Stephen Jaeger
The Origins of Courtliness
Civilizing Trends and the Formation of Courtly Ideals, 939-1210
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09/1985
University of Pennsylvania Press
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Content
- Cover
- THE ORIGINS OF COURTLINESS
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ABBREVIATIONS
- Introduction
- PART ONE: COURTS AND COURTIERS
- 1 The Courtier Bishop
- 2 Representative Figures (I): Otto of Bamberg
- 3 Criticism of the Court
- 4 Representative Figures (II): Adalbert of Bremen
- 5 The Defense of the Courtier
- 6 From Court Ideal to Literary Ideal: Metamorphoses of the Courtier
- PART TWO: COURTESY
- 7 Ancient Urbanity and the Spirit of Revival in the German Empire
- 8 The Language of Courtesy: Latin Terminology, Vernacular Counterparts
- 9 The Clerical Rebellion Against Courtliness
- 10 Courtliness in the Chronicles
- 11 Instructing the Laity in Courtesy
- 12 Courtliness in the Romance
- Conclusion
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
