Cambridge Knights

Cambridge Knights
Author: Christine Lambden
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2012-06-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0985701609

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Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Back in the 70's when Bonnie Pearce was a teenager and perky slogans abounded, she thought this was the dumbest one of all. Now, she's having a day that really does seem like the first day of the rest of her life. Fed up with her job and her arrogant boss, Bonnie has decided it's time for her to live happily ever after. She's chosen the small Texas town of Cambridge as the site of her newly rehabilitated life and, with the help of some new friends and her extremely involved family, she'll give it her best shot. Can a battle-hardened veteran of the technology wars slow down to the pace of a small-town factory? Or will the factory and the town have to change their pace to keep up with her? Cambridge Knights (in Shining Armor?) is the tale of what happens when a modern-day princess gets a good look at her knight in shining armor and starts to wonder if she was right to let him carry her away on his white horse.

The Household Knights of King John

The Household Knights of King John
Author: S. D. Church
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1999-07-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0521553199

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If the medieval king was the helmsman of the ship of state, the royal household was the ship's engine. It comprised men from most ranks of society, from the great magnates of the realm to simple servants who looked after the day-to-day needs of the king and his court. English government, in both peace and war, was conducted through the royal household, amongst whom the most important men were the king's knights: socially elite, militarily pre-eminent, and indispensable for the workings of English medieval government. It is with these men during the reign of King John that this work is concerned.

Squires, Knights, Barons, Kings

Squires, Knights, Barons, Kings
Author: E. Baumgaertner Wm E. Baumgaertner
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1426907699

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Many who have a passing interest in English history know of the kings: the Lancastrian usurper, Henry IV; the great warrior-king, Henry V; and the monkish monarch, Henry VI. Some also know of the fair Yorkist king, Edward IV, and his fated son, Edward V - the Prince in the Tower. Many more know of the Yorkist usurper, Richard III, and his Tudor nemesis, the last Lancastrian claimant, Henry VII. But what about the other key individuals of fifteenth century England? Most have heard of the "Kingmaker", even if they forget that he was Sir Richard de Neville, Earl of Warwick. But who was Little Fauconberg? Who was Hotspur, and how did he get his nickname? Who were the Beauforts, illegitimate descendents of Edward III (through his son, John of Gaunt), and how did they impact the history of England so significantly? Who was the "Butcher of England" and how did such an erudite and sophisticated man earn such an inglorious title? Why was Sir Richard de Beauchamp, also an Earl of Warwick, called the "Father of Courtesy" and the "Son of Chivalry"? What brought the educated and wealthy Owain Glyn Dwr, the last Welsh Prince of Wales, to the point of rebellion? Was Queen Margaret the "she-wolf of Anjou", or just a fiercely devoted wife and mother? Was Sir Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, the guardian of good government, or a self-serving, aristocratic snob bent on snatching the throne of England? Who was the "English Achilles", how did he earn such a sobriquet, and how did his end mark the ending of the Hundred Years War? Who were the Nevilles and the Percys, and how did a minor family feud start the Wars of the Roses? Who were the other squires, knights, barons, earls, and dukes that contributed so much to the history of fifteenth century England, but who seem mostly forgotten today? Come, plumb the depths of the people of that far gone time. For the answers all lie within these pages. Within is a brief biography of many of the more important personages, regardless of aristocratic rank. Included are parents, spouses, children, and other familial relationships, plus titles and offices, family coats-of-arms, and where readily available, family badges, livery, and battle standards. To further enrich the background, some supplemental sections have been added. These include a glossary of titles and offices, definition of selected heraldic terms, and a brief timeline of fifteenth century England.

The Exploitations of Medieval Romance

The Exploitations of Medieval Romance
Author: Laura Ashe
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2010
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1843842122

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As one of the most important, influential and capacious genres of the middle ages, the romance was exploited for a variety of social and cultural reasons: to celebrate and justify war and conflict, chivalric ideologies, and national, local and regional identities; to rationalize contemporary power structures, and identify the present with the legendary past; to align individual desires and aspirations with social virtues. But the romance in turn exploited available figures of value, appropriating the tropes and strategies of religious and historical writing, and cannibalizing and recreating its own materials for heightened ideological effect. The essays in this volume consider individual romances, groups of writings and the genre more widely, elucidating a variety of exploitative manoeuvres in terms of text, context, and intertext. Contributors: Neil Cartlidge, Ivana Djordjevic, Judith Weiss, Melissa Furrow, Rosalind Field, Diane Vincent, Corinne Saunders, Arlyn Diamond, Anna Caughey, Laura Ashe

Chaucer's Narrative Voice in The Knight's Tale

Chaucer's Narrative Voice in The Knight's Tale
Author: Ebbe Klitgård
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1995
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9788772893419

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The first specialised study of narrative voice in The Knights' Tale.