his death ... Gallantry of a knight ... The merits of missals decided by battle ... Passage of arms at Orbigo ... Knights travel and joust for ladies' love ... Extinction of Spanish chivalry 230 CHAP. VI. PROGRESS OF CHIVALRY IN GERMANY AND ITALY. Chivalry did not affect the public history of Germany ... Its influence on Imperial manners ... Intolerance and cruelty of German knights ... Their harshness to their squires ... Avarice of the Germans ... Little influence of German chivalry ... A remarkable exception to this ... A female tournament ... Maximilian, the only chivalric emperor of Germany ... Joust between him and a French knight ... Edict of Frederic III. destroyed chivalry ... CHIVALRY IN ITALY: ... Lombards carried chivalry thither ... Stories of chivalric gallantry ... But little martial chivalry in Italy ... Condottieri ... Chivalry in the north ... Italians excellent armourers but bad knights ... Chivalry in the south ... Curious circumstances attending knighthood at Naples ... Mode of creating knights in Italy generally ... Political use of knighthood ... Chivalric literature ... Chivalric sports 303 CHAP. VII. ON THE MERITS AND EFFECTS OF CHIVALRY 341 THE HISTORY OF CHIVALRY. CHAP. I. STATE OF CHIVALRY IN ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF EDWARD THE THIRD. _Tournaments ... The Round Table ... Order of the Garter ... Courtesy of Edward ... Prevalence of chivalric Taste among all Classes ... English Archers ... The Black Prince ... Story of the King's Chivalry ... England regarded as the Seat of Honour ... Instance of this ... Chivalric Heroes in this Reign ... The Gestes and Prowesses of Sir Walter Manny ... Chivalric Vow of Sir Walter ... He fights for the Love of his Lady ... His Rescue of Two Brother Knights ... Instance of his joyous Adventurousness ... His Gallantry before Auberoche ... His filial Piety ... Story of chivalric Manners ... The Gentle Disposition of Manny ... His Importance at Edward's Court ... His remarkable Sagacity ... His Liberality ... His Death in 1372 ... Buried in the Charter-House ... Heroism of Sir James Audley ... His Generosity ... Memoir of Sir John Chandos ... His Gallantry to Ladies ... Amusing Instance of the Pride of Knighthood ... The Importance of his Counsel at Poictiers ... His Exploits in Brittany ... And in Spain ... Is made a Knight Banneret ... Quits the Black Prince ... But returns ... The remarkable Generousness of his Conduct to Lord Pembroke ... The last Circumstance of his Life ... General Grief at his Death._ [Sidenote: Tournaments.]