Sophia Dorothea, Wife of George I. Caroline Wilhelmina Dorothea, Wife of George II. Charlotte, Wife of George III. Caroline of Brunswick, Wife of George IV. Dr. Doran has availed himself of the ample material scattered through personal memoirs, pamphlets, periodicals, and other fugitive literature of the time, with the thoroughness, quick eye for humor, and appreciation of the picturesque, which characterize his other amusing works. KNIGHTS AND THEIR DAYS. KNIGHTS AND THEIR DAYS BY DR. DORAN AUTHOR OF “LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND OF THE HOUSE OF HANOVER,” “TABLE TRAITS,” “HABITS AND MEN,” ETC. “Oh, ’tis a brave profession, and rewards All loss we meet, with double weight of glory.” SHIRLEY (_The Gentleman of Venice._) [Illustration] REDFIELD 34 BEEKMAN STREET, NEW YORK 1856 TO PHILIPPE WATIER, ESQ. IN MEMORY OF MERRY NIGHTS AND DAYS NEAR METZ AND THE MOSELLE, THIS LITTLE VOLUME Is inscribed BY HIS VERY SINCERE FRIEND, THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. A FRAGMENTARY PROLOGUE PAGE 9 THE TRAINING OF PAGES 30 KNIGHTS AT HOME 36 LOVE IN CHEVALIERS, AND CHEVALIERS IN LOVE 51 DUELLING, DEATH, AND BURIAL 65 THE KNIGHTS WHO “GREW TIRED OF IT” 78 FEMALE KNIGHTS AND JEANNE DARC 104 THE CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM 113 SIR GUY OF WARWICK, AND WHAT BEFELL HIM 133 GARTERIANA 148 FOREIGN KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER 170 THE POOR KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR, AND THEIR DOINGS 184 THE KNIGHTS OF THE SAINTE AMPOULE 194 THE ORDER OF THE HOLY GHOST 200 JACQUES DE LELAING 208 THE FORTUNES OF A KNIGHTLY FAMILY 228 THE RECORD OF RAMBOUILLET 263 SIR JOHN FALSTAFF 276 STAGE KNIGHTS 295 STAGE LADIES, AND THE ROMANCE OF HISTORY 312