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Tables of Contents for Courtly Culture
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction: Fiction and Reality
1
1
Everyday life and the feast day
1
4
Courtly society and modern scholarship
5
2
Literature as a historical source
7
7
The ``Praise of Times Gone By'' (Laudatio temporis acti)
14
2
An overview of the book
16
5
Noble Society of the High Middle Ages: Historical Background
21
40
Basic Concepts of the Social Order
22
7
The law
22
1
Lordship
23
3
Estates
26
3
The Hierarchical Structure of Society
29
10
The King
29
2
The princes
31
1
The nonprincely nobility
32
1
The ministerials
33
3
The urban population
36
2
The rural population
38
1
The Economy
39
7
Economic developments
39
2
Trade and commerce
41
2
The economic foundation of lordship
43
3
The Knight and Knighthood
46
6
Ritter-miles-chevalier
46
3
Noble knighthood
49
1
The formation of the knightly class
50
2
The Court
52
9
Itinerant lordship and the formation of permanent resisdences
52
3
Court society
55
2
The word ``hofisch'' (courtly)
57
4
The Adoption of French Aristocratic Culture in Germany
61
42
Society
61
21
Economic ties
61
7
The state of education
68
7
Dynastic connections
75
4
The adoption of French social forms
79
3
Language
82
6
Language skills
82
3
Loan words
85
3
Literature
88
15
The chronology and geography of the transmission of French literature
88
4
Courtly epics
92
4
Courtly lyric
96
3
The characteristics of the literary adaptation
99
4
Material Culture and Social Style
103
100
Castles and Tents
103
25
The construction of castles and palaces in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
103
5
The architecture of castles and palaces
108
4
Furnishings
112
9
Castles as instruments of lordship
121
5
Luxurious tents
126
2
Clothes and Cloth
128
27
Dress codes
128
2
The sources for the history of costume
130
2
Precious fabrics
132
2
Sartorial extravagance
134
2
The courtly ceremony of dress
136
2
The beginnings of courtly fashion
138
2
Women's clothes
140
5
Men's clothes
145
5
Changes in fashion
150
2
Criticism from the Church
152
3
Weapons and Horses
155
23
The history of armament
155
2
The main weapons of a knight
157
7
The social significance of weapons
164
4
The ceremony of knightly single combat
168
7
Horses
175
3
Food and Drink
178
25
Food for the nobility
178
4
The protocol of the courtly banquet
182
1
Seating arrangements
183
4
Service at table
187
4
Tableware
191
2
The organization of the meal
193
3
Courtesy books
196
3
Literature of feasting and carousing
199
4
Courtly Feasts: Protocol and Etiquette
203
72
Court Feasts
203
28
The court feast at Mainz in 1184
203
4
Feast and lordship
207
3
Lodging and food
210
3
The festive entrance
213
6
The ceremony of welcome
219
1
Courtly entertainment
220
8
Gifts
228
3
Knighting Ceremonies
231
16
Terminology and ceremony
231
3
The courtly ceremony of knighting
234
5
The role of the Church
239
3
From royal practice to mass promotion
242
5
Tournaments
247
28
The beginnings of tournaments
247
4
The mass tournament or melee
251
7
The buhurt
258
2
The single joust and the Round Table tournament
260
4
The military, social, material, and political significance of tournaments
264
7
Prohibitions and criticism of tournaments
271
4
The Courtly Ideal of Society
275
140
The Chivalrous Knight
276
49
The traditional image of the ruler
276
14
The religious concept of knighthood (militia Christi)
290
11
Courtly virtues
301
10
Ideal and reality
311
14
The Courtly Lady
325
35
The new image of women
325
12
Instruction for women: Upbringing and education
337
9
The parameters of women's activities
346
14
Courtly Love
360
55
What is courtly love?
360
17
Love-marriage-adultery
377
21
Love and society
398
17
Criticism of Courtly Life
415
10
The Literary Scene of the Courtly Age
425
148
Oral Culture and Literacy in Courtly Society
426
32
Lay education
426
10
Oral traditions
436
5
The development of organized writing at the secular courts
441
17
Patrons and Sponsors
458
30
The imperial court as a literary center
459
11
The patronage of princes
470
15
The smaller courts
485
2
The beginnings of literary life in the cities
487
1
Author and Audience
488
30
The social standing of the poet
488
18
The courtly audience
506
6
The impact of literature
512
6
The Performance and Spread of Literature
518
55
Courtly epic
518
27
Courtly lyric
545
28
Notes
573
106
Glossary
679
2
Abbreviations
681
6
Bibliography
687
60
Index
747