Chivalry in baronial castles ... Chivalry injured by religious wars ... Beneficial influence of poetry and romance ... Chivalric brilliancy of the fourteenth century ... Brittany ... Du Guesclin ... Romantic character of his early years ... His knightly conduct at Rennes ... Gallantry at Cochetel ... Political consequences of his chivalry ... He leads an army into Spain ... And changes the fortunes of that kingdom ... Battle of Navaret ... Du Guesclin prisoner ... Treatment of him by the Black Prince ... Ransomed ... Is made Constable of France ... Recovers the power of the French monarchy ... Companionship in arms between Du Guesclin and Olivier De Clisson ... Du Guesclin's death before Randon ... His character ... Decline of chivalry ... Proof of it ... Little chivalry in the second series of French and English wars ... Combats of pages ... Further Decay of chivalry ... Abuses in conferring knighthood ... Burgundy ... Its chivalry ... The romantic nature of the Burgundian tournaments ... Last gleams of chivalry in France ... Life of Bayard ... Francis I. ... Extinction of chivalry 168 CHAP. V. PROGRESS OF CHIVALRY IN SPAIN. General nature of Spanish chivalry ... Religion and heroism ... Gallantry ... Blending of Spanish and Oriental manners ... Its beneficial tendencies ... Peculiarities of Spanish chivalry ... Forms of knighthood ... Various ranks of knights ... Spanish poetry ... Heroes of chivalry ... Pelayo ... Bernardo del Carpio ... And incidentally of Charlemagne's expedition into Spain ... The life of the Cid ... His early ferocious heroism ... Singular marriage ... Enters the service of King Ferdinand ... The Cid's chivalric gallantry ... He is knighted ... Death of King Ferdinand ... The Cid becomes the knight of Sancho, king of Castile ... Mixture of evil and good in the Cid's character ... Supports the king in his injustice ... The Cid's romantic heroism ... Sancho's further injustice opposed by him ... Death of Sancho ... Instance of the Cid's virtuous boldness ... Character of Alfonso, successor of Sancho ... Story of his chivalric bearing ... The Cid's second marriage ... Is banished from Alfonso's court ... Becomes the ally of the Moors ... But recalled ... Is banished again ... Singular story of the Cid's unknightly meanness ... Fortunes of the Cid during his exile ... The Cid's chivalric nobleness and generosity ... Is recalled by Alfonso ... The Cid captures Toledo ... and Valentia ... Story of Spanish manners ... The Cid's unjust conduct to the Moors ... The unchivalric character of the Cid's wife and daughters ... The Cid recalled by Alfonso ... The marriages of his daughters ... Basely treated by their husbands ... Cortez at Toledo to decide the cause ... Picture of ancient manners ... Death of the Cid ... His character ... Fate of his good horse ... Spanish chivalry after