Knighthood and Chivalry


INTRODUCTION

  • The perpetual Knight errant
  • Short about Knights
  • Swords
  • The Tournament
  • Armour as the Mirror of Luxury


    KNIGHTHOOD AND CHIVALRY

  • St. George and the Dragon


    TWO CHIVALRIC IDEAS - EXEMPLAR AND INSPIRATION

  • The Challenge
  • Heralds and Heraldry
  • Fair Maidens and Noble Ladies
  • The Emperor Maximilian I - The Last of the Chevaliers


    THE FORMS, EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUE OF THE TOURNAMENT

  • Tournament Courses
  • The Field of Cloth and Gold
  • Tournaments of the Saxon Electors
  • The Technique of Chivalric Combat
  • Horse Equipment
  • Boys' Armour
  • The Renaissance revival of ancient armour
  • Costume Armour and Helmets With Grotesque Visors
  • Archduke Ferdinand of the Tyrole
  • "Rennen" and "Stechen"
  • Pageants in the Reigns of Gustavus Adolphus and Christina
  • Carl Gustaf Wrangel's surviving carousel equipment


    HASTILUDES IN DENMARK

  • Danish Carousels
  • The Equestrian King
  • Horsemanship and the Nobleman's Education
  • The Parisian Carousel of 1662
  • Certamen Equestre
  • The Dresden Carousel of 1709
  • Ladies' Carousels
  • The Carousel in Berlin 1750


    THE GUSTAVIAN HASTILUDES

  • Gustav III
  • Tournaments and Hastiludes
  • The Knight's Equipment
  • Gustav III's "Total Theatre"
  • Freemansony and Hastiludes
  • Gustav IV Adolf


    EPILOGUE

  • The Eglinton Tournament in 1839