Retrieve A Knights Own Book Of Chivalry Authored By Geoffroi De Charny Displayed In Manuscript

for the casual readera bit repetitive and dry in places,
Great information on the attributes necessary for those who protect others, A wonderful read, that shows the thinking of the period, One can as the author suggests imagine Geoffroi pacing his room dictating the word to a scribe, The ideal of the most worthy knight and person and his opinions on those who do wrong and those you are not as worthy come across well.
A highly recommended read. And as Geoffroi would say "he who does best is most worthy", On the great influence of a valiant lord: The companions, who see that good warriors are honored by the great lords for their prowess, become more determined to attain this level of prowess.




On the lady who sees her knight honored: All of this makes the noble lady rejoice greatly within herself at the fact that she has set her mind and heart on loving and helping to make such a good knight or good manatarms.


On the worthiest amusements: The best pastime of all is to be often in good company, far from unworthy men and from unworthy activities from which no good can come.


Enter the real world of knights and their code of ethics and behavior, Read how an aspiring knight of the fourteenth century would conduct himself and learn what he would have needed to know when traveling, fighting, appearing in court, and engaging fellow knights.


Composed at the height of the Hundred Years War by Geoffroi de Charny, one of the most respected knights of his age, A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry was designed as a guide for members of the Company of the Star, an order created by Jean II of France into rival the English Order of the Garter.


This is the most authentic and complete manual on the daytoday life of the knight that has survived the centuries, and this edition contains a specially commissioned introduction from historian Richard W.
Kaeuper that gives the history of both the book and its author, who, among his other achievements, was the original owner of the Shroud of Turin.
A medieval knight discussing knighthood,

Bit different in structure than a modern treatment would be, Discusses what menatarms do in various ways, and how love ought to be secret though he speaks of men who say they would not consent to be Queen Guinevere's love it were not known and what sorts of virtues are and how they are important.
A must read for all men, who wish to be men, "And they are dressed in such an indecent way that that which everyone ought to be most ashamed to show is what they show all the time to those who want to look, for they cannot refrain from showing their backsides to whoever wants to see them.
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This is not a Bigpublished handbook for modern day lifestyle tosh, This is a direct view into the mind of ath century knight, A real, fucking knight. Proper, hardcore, walking or riding about with a sword and dagger in real bloody shining armour knight, And he's talking about big, muscly, burly men men showing their arses about, It cannot get much better,

Ahem.

Now that's out of my system, this small and entirely worthwhile read is an absolute must if you are interested in any tiny way about how the knightly class genuinely aspired to be.
Now, it's important to remember that de Charny lived in an era quite different to our own, and he was chosen to produce this work because he presumably lived up to practically every minute standard he lays in this work.
He's the epitome of ideal, and so actually how most knights behaved on a daily basis was probably quite different, and how much they revered themselves was probably far less subtle.
However, de Charny seems to be very on board with how unknightly many of the men around him acted, because he calls out all their wanton behaviour, just as much as how incredibly noble many others were, because he highlights all the good stuff.
He goes into great detail describing exactly what you should be doing to achieve glory through the chivalric code, and the honour of God's approval.


In all honesty, this guy sounds bloody awesome, If there was a time travel fiction adventure where Geoffroi de Charny was brought into thest century he'd probably piss every feminist in the world off for being so damn gentlemanly, but if my time machine took me back to thes, if it wasn't the alternate universe where I got to be a knight myself, which is the ideal scenario, he'd

be the shoot/shag/marry option well at least in the alternate universe where I wasn't already wedded to The Black Prince before his dysentery, or John of Gaunt before his possible venereal disease, or Roger Mortimer before his mental breakdown.
In the gruesome and gruelling Middle Ages you'd be wallowing in goods and glory with this guy's gold about your middle finger.
I'd happily live in his castle and shoot off to all my friends about how amazing my knightly husband was, Then wallow more in our collective awesome when he gets stabbed to death at the Battle of Poitiers it's GLORY alright!.
I'd be forever Lady de Charny and live out my life as a proper powerful widow, using all his glory to remind the world just how fucking ace my dead husband was, and as such, myself.
If I didn't die cruelly in childbirth first, But, you know, nuance.

See, if a book writtenyears ago can't inspire that kind of dreaming, then there is no hope in the world, is there

As an aside, there's actually a really nice little bio before the text proper.
I could see poor Sir Geoffroi's face vividly in the story when he possibly used guerilla ignoble tactics to attack Edward III's troops in France one day subsequently, Edward III made a complete mockery of him in public gasp! by calling him out of his underhand tactics.
Aw, poor Geoffroi. : An interesting read if you want an insight into a mindset of the time, Honestly I found the introduction more interesting than the actual book, but if you are into philosophy and/or medieval stuff this is worth a read.
As the intro points out, the value placed on an actual account of chivalric virtues from someone who lived them cannot be understated, especially given the current cultural context and appropriation of medieval themes by the farright.
A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry by Geoffroi de Charny

Initial impressions were that the book was very dense reading and overly religious.
However, that must be put into context with the writer of the book and the time period, Because although the writer is actually one of the most famous for writing about chivalry from a knight's point of view he was not educated and trained in rhetoric the way a monk or a priest would be.
As for the over bearing message of Christianity throughout the text it, it was written inth century France, of course it's going to be filled with overt religious tones everyone was then.


The book that I'm reading is a modern translation of the original text, It was translated by Elspeth Kennedy and I think she did a wonderful job of keeping it readable when it very easily could have been denser.
Not only did she keep it generally readable, but as the introduction by Richard W, Kaeuper says it "is better understood if read out loud and dramatically, ideally with a flagon of wine at the ready".
Kennedy maintained this read aloud air quite well, However, even if the original lacked punctuation there are sections of this which could have done with a little more of it.


The entire book comes in at underpages, However, the heart of the text, The Book of Chivalry, takes up onlypages, The first section is a historical introduction and the end has all the usual notes and further reading suggestions,

Though the book is a slog to get through I think it is an excellent primary source for any researcher.
After all, this is a book that one can purchase at the store and keep in the house without worrying about destroying a priceless object.
Most people will never see originals, so this is a good substitute,

The book begins with a biography of Charny ad Kaeuper pointed out a few things that make later passages in the book quite humorous.
However, he does not hesitate to give a good grounding in the history of chivalry,

On the other hand, Charny translated by Kennedy Charny wanders about his topic, and while it is obvious that he starts with some sort of order he occasionally devolves into a mess before starting over again.
Alternately he will wander from topic to topic and then return to the topic that he began with, However, who ever helped to put the book together did a good job of titling the sections so that it is easy to read.


I cannot recommend this book to any one who prefers light fluffy reading, However, if you are an author of fantasy or historical fiction then this is a good research book for you, I could see shades of Tamora Pierce as well as several other writers in it,

If you do choose to read this book I definitely recommend reading it aloud over a period of several days.


though it isn't her fault at all, De Charny de Charny This is the must have book, if you have even the most passing interest in Chivalry.
Well, and Maurice Keen's, I suppose, worth it After reading this book I feel like I've wasted the lastyears of my life, This is how I'm going to live the rest of my life, This book is possibly the best introduction to chivalry one could ever have, The author was an exemplary knight so he obviously knew his stuff, I had a lot of fun reading it, probably because I find the subject very interesting, Geoffroi's fortitude and devotion become apparent almost immediately and I couldn't help but admire him, Rereading for class today. Dry but one of the most informative theoretical texts on chivalry from the Middle Ages Geoffroi de Charny c,/September, first name sometimes spelled Geoffroy, was a French knight and author of at least three works on chivalry, He was born around. His father, Jean de Charny was the Lord of Lirey in Burgundy and his mother was Margaret de Joinville d,, a daughter of Jean de Joinville, biographer of King Louis IX the Saint, Geoffroi was a knight in the service of King Jean II of France and a founding member of the Order of the Star, an order of chivalry founded onNovemberby Jean II of France similar to the Order of the Garterby Edward III of England.
He was also the carrier of the Oriflamme, the standard of the crown of France, an immensely privileged, not to mention dangerous, Geoffroi de Charny c.
/September, first name sometimes spelled Geoffroy, was a French knight and author of at least three works on chivalry, He was born around. His father, Jean de Charny was the Lord of Lirey in Burgundy and his mother was Margaret de Joinville d,, a daughter of Jean de Joinville, biographer of King Louis IX the Saint, Geoffroi was a knight in the service of King Jean II of France and a founding member of the Order of the Star, an order of chivalry founded onNovemberby Jean II of France similar to the Order of the Garterby Edward III of England.
He was also the carrier of the Oriflamme, the standard of the crown of France, an immensely privileged, not to mention dangerous, honour, as it made the holder a key target of enemy forces on the battlefield.
Geoffroi de Charny was perhaps Europe's most admired knight during his lifetime, with a reputation for his skill at arms and his honour.
It was said that in his time he was known as a "true and perfect Knight", He was killed at the Battle of Poitiers on September,, as attested by Jean Froissart in his Chronicles, Geoffroi de Charny and his wife Jeanne de Vergy are the first reliably recorded owners of the Turin Holy Shroud, Geoffroi de Charny's most famous work is his 'Book of Chivalry', written around, which is, along with the works of Ramon Llull and Chretien de Troyes one of the best sources to understand how knights themselves described and prioritised chivalric values in theth century.
Geoffroi discusses many subjects but above all he values skill at arms over all other knightly virtues and war over all other forms of contest at arms.
He was also the author of 'Demands pour la joute, les tournois, et la guerre', in English, 'Questions for the joust, tournaments and war', a book on knightly pursuits.
Only the questions survive however, the way that the questions are phrased, as well as Geoffroi's actions in his lifetime, allow scholars to reach further conclusions about Geoffroi's conception of chivalry and war.
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