St. Martin's Press 1987 Hardcover 1ST EDITION oversized HARDBACK w/Dustjacket, some shelf wear in PROTECTIVE MYLAR COVER, includes numerous illustrations throughout, List of Illustrations, Abbreviations, Bibliography, Index, VG Shiny copy! No Priority/International except by special arrangement! FREE USPS TRACKING NUMBER! Palgrave Macmillan, 1987. 1st Edition. Orders of lay knights-the most famous of which are those of the Garter and the Golden Fleece-were founded at some time between 1325 and 1470 in almost every kingdom of Western Christendom, and played an important part in the life of the court. Jonathan Boulton defines the `monarchical' orders as those with corporate statues which attached the presidential office to the crown of the princely founder, or made it hereditary in his house. Modelled either directly or indirectly on the fictional society of the Round Table, they incorporated varying numbers of elements borrowed from the older religious orders of knighthood and from contemporary institutions. This study explores the nature and history of thirteen orders, and reveals them as not only an ingenious supplement to (or replacement for) the feudo-vassalic ties that still bound the leading members of the nobility to their sovereign, but also as the most important institutional embodiments of the secular ideals of chivalry that were at the heart of the international court culture of the age. JONATHAN BOULTON teaches at the University of Notre Dame.

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ISBN10: 0312458428, ISBN13: 9780312458423, [publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York] Hardcover Blue cloth boards with silver lettering; bw dust jacket with white lettering, color illustrated on front, mylar cover; xxv, 540 pp; bw illustrations. "The orders of lay knights founded in some profusion in the 14th and 15th centuries were a favorite subject of the antiquarian historians of the 17th and 18th centuries, but they have attracted little attention from modern critical historians. Here Dr. Boulton sorts the numerous lay orders founded in this period into a number of distinct classes., and and examines on the basis of of the surviving primary evidence the nature and history of each of the thirteen orders that certainly belonged to the 'monarchial class': orders with corporate statutes that attached the presidential office to the crown of the princely founder or made it hereditary in his house. Orders of this class--the most famous of which are those of the Garter and the Golden Fleece--were founded at some time between 1325 and 1470 in almost every kingdom of Western Christendom and commonly occupied an important place in the life of the court. Modelled either directly or indirectly on the fictional society of the Round Table, they were all organized as devotional confraternities, but incorporated varying numbers of element borrowed from the older religious orders of knighthood and from contemporary institutions such as retainig by contract and ...
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New York: St. Martin's Press, Date: 1987. Hardcover. VG- (indentation to lower board. smudges to boards. rubbing to corners. foxing to textblock edges w/ stain to upper & fore-edge of textblock; remnants to pg edges. dustjacket scuffed, heavily worn w/ rubbing to corners & edges). Blue cloth boards with silver lettering; bw dust jacket with white lettering, color illustrated on front, mylar cover; xxv, 540 pp; bw illustrations. Photo is of another copy in our collection. This copy is no ex-library. "The orders of lay knights founded in some profusion in the 14th and 15th centuries were a favorite subject of the antiquarian historians of the 17th and 18th centuries, but they have attracted little attention from modern critical historians. Here Dr. Boulton sorts the numerous lay orders founded in this period into a number of distinct classes., and and examines on the basis of of the surviving primary evidence the nature and history of each of the thirteen orders that certainly belonged to the 'monarchial class': orders with corporate statutes that attached the presidential office to the crown of the princely founder or made it hereditary in his house. Orders of this class--the most famous of which are those of the Garter and the Golden Fleece--were founded at some time between 1325 and 1470 in almost every kingdom of Western Christendom and commonly occupied an important place in the life of the court. Modelled either directly or indirectly on the fictional society of the ...

New York: St. Martin's Press, Date: 1987. Hardcover. VG- (indentation to lower board. smudges to boards. rubbing to corners. foxing to textblock edges w/ stain to upper & fore-edge of textblock; remnants to pg edges. dustjacket scuffed, heavily worn w/ rubbing to corners & edges). Blue cloth boards with silver lettering; bw dust jacket with white lettering, color illustrated on front, mylar cover; xxv, 540 pp; bw illustrations. Photo is of another copy in our collection. This copy is no ex-library. "The orders of lay knights founded in some profusion in the 14th and 15th centuries were a favorite subject of the antiquarian historians of the 17th and 18th centuries, but they have attracted little attention from modern critical historians. Here Dr. Boulton sorts the numerous lay orders founded in this period into a number of distinct classes., and and examines on the basis of of the surviving primary evidence the nature and history of each of the thirteen orders that certainly belonged to the 'monarchial class': orders with corporate statutes that attached the presidential office to the crown of the princely founder or made it hereditary in his house. Orders of this class--the most famous of which are those of the Garter and the Golden Fleece--were founded at some time between 1325 and 1470 in almost every kingdom of Western Christendom and commonly occupied an important place in the life of the court. Modelled either directly or indirectly on the fictional society of the ...

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New York: St. Martin's Press, Date: 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 540p, illus. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. 1987. St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312458428 9780312458423 [US]

ISBN10: 0312458428, ISBN13: 9780312458423, [publisher: New York, St. Martin's Pr.] Hardcover XXV, 540 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Bib.-Signatur und Stempel. Guter Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature on spine. Good condition, some traces of use. mr1735 0312458428 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1350
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