The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 2 (of 2)
John Stuart Mill · en
_Bovines_, importance of squires at the battle of, I. 47.
_Break-across_, to, meaning of the phrase, I. 278, 279. note.
_Britomart_, the perfection of chivalric heroines, I. 253.
_Brittany_, revered for its chivalric fame, II. 174.
_Bruce_, Robert, his chivalric humanity, II. 69.
_Burgundy_, Bastard of, his joust with Lord Scales, I. 314.
His skill in other jousts, II. 214.
----, court of, splendour of its tournaments, II. 213.
The most chivalric country in Europe during middle of fifteenth
century, ib.
Chivalric circumstance at the court of, II. 351.
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_Calais_, stories regarding, II. 17-21.
_Calatrava_, order of, its origin and history, I. 349.
_Calaynos_, the Moor, praised by the Spaniards, II. 234.
_Carlisle_, Sir Anthony Harclay, Earl of, ceremonies of his degradation
from knighthood, I. 62-64.
_Carpet-knights_, meaning of the term, II. 156.
_Carpio_, Bernardo del, account of, II. 243.
_Cavalry_, the principal arm of military power during the middle ages,
I. 2.
_Caxton_, his lamentation over the decline of chivalry, II. 99.
His exaggeration of the evil, 102.
_Celts_, humility of Celtic youths, I. 6.
_Cervantes_, curious error made by, I. 20.
Censures the chivalric custom of making vows, 129. note.
Satirises chivalric contempt of bodily pain, 368. note.
Ridicules the vigil of arms, I. 49. note.
and the pride of knights, I. 393. note.
Accuracy of his pictures, II. 297.
_Cesena_, noble defence of, by Marzia degl' Ubaldini, I. 249.
_Chandos_, Sir John, story with the Earl of Oxenford, I. 38.
History of his heroism, II. 46.
Gallantry, 47.
Tenacious of his armorial bearings, ib.
Exploits at Auray, 49.
Tries to dissuade the Black Prince from the Spanish war, 50.
Ceremonies on his becoming a knight-banneret, ib.
His remarkable generousness, 52.
His death before the bridge of Lusac, 60, &c.
General grief thereat, 63.
_Character_, bluntness of the old English, shown at the creation of
knights of the Bath, II. 165.
_Charity_, a great chivalric virtue, instance of, I. 161.
_Charter-house_, the, founded by Sir Walter Manny, II. 42. and note.
_Charlemagne_, state of chivalry in his time, I. 10.
His expedition into Spain, II. 244.
_Chargny_, Lord of, a famous jouster, II. 298.
His passage of arms near Dijon, I. 328.
_Cherbury_, Edward Herbert, Lord of, memoir of him, II. 138.
Chivalric fame of his family, ib.
His vanity, 140-145.
Made a knight of the Bath, 141.
His curious adventures in France, 142.
The disgusting vanity of his infidelity, 147.
His general character, 148.
His inferiority to the heroes of the reign of Edward III., 149.
_Chess_, the high favour of this game in days of chivalry, I. 163.
A story of a knight's love of chess, 164.