Main entry:

Girouard, Mark, 1931-2022.

Title & Author:

The return to Camelot : chivalry and the English gentleman / Mark Girouard.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1981.

Description:

312 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1912 -- Survival and revival -- Sir Walter Scott -- The age of Abbotsford -- The broad stone of honour -- Radical chivalry -- The Eglinton tournament -- Victoria and Albert -- Muscular chivalry -- A mid-century miscellany -- The public schools -- The return of Arthur -- Modern courtly love -- Knights of the empire -- Playing the game -- Chivalry of the people -- The chivalrous gentlemen -- The great war.
English.

Summary:

Toward the end of the eighteenth century, England was witness to a fascinating phenomenon: the revival of the medieval code of chivalry. The adaptation of these ideals as an appropriate mode of behavior for contemporary gentlemen was reflected not only in the art and culture of the period, but in its intellectual and political life as well. Mark Girouard traces the impact of the revival of chivalry in all its various aspects including politics, sport, literature, art, love and war. His narrative ranges from the novels of Walter Scott and the poetry of Tennyson to the art of the Pre-Raphaelites; from the popularity of fancy-dress balls and knights in armor to the ill-fated Eglington Tournament. Throughout the book Girouard traces the influence of chivalry on politics. In the concluding chapters, he poignantly shows how the very concepts of glory and honor that made war acceptable, and even desirable, dissolved in the trenches of World War I. -- From publisher's description.

ISBN:

0300027397
9780300027396
0300034733 (pbk.)
9780300034738 (pbk.)

Subject:

Arthur, King Influence.
Arthur, King
Arthurian romances Appreciation England.
Men England Conduct of life History.
Upper class England History.
Medievalism England History.
Middle Ages in literature.
Camelot (Legendary place)
Britons Historiography.
Social ethics History.
Chivalry History.
Upper class Great Britain History 18th century.
Upper class Great Britain History 19th century.
Upper class Great Britain History 20th century.
Upper classes Great Britain History.
Classes supérieures Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Classes supérieures Grande-Bretagne Histoire 19e siècle.
Classes supérieures Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
Cycle d'Arthur Appréciation Angleterre.
Hommes Angleterre Morale pratique Histoire.
Classes supérieures Angleterre Histoire.
Médiévisme Angleterre Histoire.
Moyen Âge dans la littérature.
Camelot (Lieu imaginaire)
Chevalerie Histoire.
Arthurian romances Appreciation
Chivalry
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Manners and customs
Medievalism
Men Conduct of life
Social ethics
Upper class
Gebruiken.
Hoofsheid.
Ridderschap.
Classes supérieures Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
Classes supérieures Grande-Bretagne 19e siècle.
Classes supérieures Grande-Bretagne 20e siècle.
Riddarväsen.
Riddare.
Artursagan mottagande.
Artur (mytisk gestalt) influenser.
England Social life and customs.
Great Britain Social life and customs 18th century.
Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century.
Great Britain Social life and customs 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne Mœurs et coutumes 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne Mœurs et coutumes 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne Mœurs et coutumes 20e siècle.
Angleterre Mœurs et coutumes.
Great Britain
England
Grande-Bretagne Moeurs et coutumes 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne Moeurs et coutumes 19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne Moeurs et coutumes 20e siècle.
England vardagsliv och traditioner historia.
Great Britain Society Role of chivalry, 1790-1914

Form/genre:

History
Arthurian romances Appreciation England.

Added entries:

Chivalry and the English gentleman

Holdings:

Location: Library main 112757
Call No.: ID:85-B18498
Status: Available