# The Age of Chivalry Author: Bulfinch, Thomas, 1796-1867 Genre: Category: Historical Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4926 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Age+of+Chivalry+Bulfinch&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary On the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government. Numerous chiefs, more or less powerful, held local sway, as far as each could enforce his dominion, and occasionally those chiefs would unite for a common object; but, in ordinary times, they were much more likely to be found in hostility to one another. In such a state of things the rights of the humbler classes of society were at the mercy of every assailant; and it is plain that, without some check upon the lawless power of the chiefs, society must have relapsed into barbarism. Such checks were found, first, in the rivalry of the ch... ## Chapters - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-age-of-chivalry-4926/chapters/5/index.md)