Overview
This is the first scholarly study of the political role of the Order of the Garter during the late middle ages. Hugh Collins's examination of the Garter's pragmatic considerations and knightly ideas reveals the extent to which political society in the late middle ages founded its ambitions and aspirations on the cult of chivalry.
- | Author: Hugh E. L. Collins
- | Publisher: OUP Oxford
- | Publication Date: Jul 13, 2000
- | Number of Pages: 344 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0198208170
- | ISBN-13: 9780198208174
