The History of Chivalry; Or, Knighthood and Its Times, Volume 2 (of 2)
John Stuart Mill · en
_Stephen_, his courtesy to Matilda, I. 153.
Important effects of chivalry in his reign, I. 389.
_Stocking_, order of the, I. 379.
Origin of the phrase Blue Stocking, 380.
This contemptuous expression no longer applicable to Englishwomen,
381.
_Stothard_, Mrs. Charles, her Tour in Normandy cited, I. 241. note.
_Surcoats_, their materials and purposes, I. 85.
Of the military orders, 86.
_Surgery_, knowledge of, possessed by ladies in chivalric times, I. 188.
_Surry_, Earl of, incorrectness of the common tale regarding, II. 114.
_Swinton_, Sir John, his fine heroism, I. 56.
Another story of the heroism of a, 128.
_Sword_, girding of it on the knight a part of the chivalric
inauguration ceremonies, I. 11. 63.
The favourite weapon of the knight, I. 70.
Swords had names and mottoes; the cross hilt; the handle contained the
knight's seal; Spanish swords, 70-77.
Story of the Cid's favourite swords, II. 279.
T.
_Tabard_, description of, I. 85.
_Templars_, Knights, extravagance of their ascetism, I. 324. note.
Errors of the author of Waverley regarding, 337. note.
The valiancy of the, 338.
Succession of Grand Masters from the persecution to the present time,
340, &c.
Present state of, 342.
Their importance in Spain, 241.
_Thistle_, order of the, I. 363.
Its absurd pretensions to antiquity, ib.
_Thomson_, Anthony Todd, value of his botanical lectures, I. 315. note.
_Tournaments_, superiority of, to Grecian games, I. 259.
Origin of, 260.
Objects, 261., and notes.
Qualifications for tourneying, 263. 265. 272.
Who tourneyed, 264.
Ceremonies of the, ib.
Procession to the, 268.
Nature of tourneying weapons, 270.
The preparation, 273.
The encounter, 274.
English regulations concerning, 279. note.
Opposed by the Popes, 286. note.
Their frequency in the reign of Edward III., II. 2.
Time of their death in England, 137.
Female tournament in Germany, 314.
_Tristrem_, Romance of, I. 26.
V.
_Valet_, the common title of the page, I. 35.
_Vargas_, Garcia Perez de, a splendid exemplar of Spanish chivalry.
Story of his romantic gallantry, II. 289.
_Vigil_ of arms a necessary preliminary to knighthood, I. 49.
_Vilain_, Sir John, anecdote of his remarkable prowess, I. 69.
_Virtue_, degree of, expected in a knight, I. 149.
_Visconti_, John de, his duel with Thomas de la Marche, II. 22.
_Vows_, knightly, courage incited by, I. 127.
Fantastic, ib., &c. 322.
W.
_Wallop_, Sir John, his men break lances for ladies' love, II. 117.
_Warwick_, an earl of, a famous jouster, I. 301.
_Wells_, Lord, his joust with Sir David de Lindsay, first Earl of
Crawford, I. 290.
_Werner_, fiendlike ferocity and impiety of, II. 328.