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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778980603321

Autore

Jaeger C. Stephen

Titolo

The origins of courtliness : civilizing trends and the formation of courtly ideals, 939-1210 / / C. Stephen Jaeger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1985

©1985

ISBN

1-283-21133-5

9786613211330

0-8122-0089-6

0-585-11365-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 326 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The Middle Ages

Classificazione

NM 1400

Disciplina

940.1

Soggetti

Courts and courtiers

Courtly love

Chivalry

Civilization, Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Second paperback printing 1991.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-315) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Courts and courtiers -- pt. 2. Courtesy.

Sommario/riassunto

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic BookArgues 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.