Bøger af Richard W. Kaeuper

This text examines chivalry and violence in medieval Eruope. It is intended for readers, scholars and students, interested in medieval history.

Kaeuper argues that chivalric ideology of the high and later Middle Ages selectively appropriated religious ideas to valorize the institution of knighthood. He describes how both elite warriors and clerics contributed to a Christian theology that validated the knights' bloody profession.