Part 20

_Douglas_, story of the perilous castle of, I. 205. Generousness of the good Lord James of, I. 206, 402. His character, ib. note. The Douglas of the sixteenth century, II. 67. Wins the pennon of Hotspur, 77. His heroism and noble death, 80. Archibald, at Shrewsbury, ib.

_Dress_ of ladies in chivalric times, I. 185. Importance of modesty of, 186.

_Dub_, meaning of the word, I. 53. note.

_Dynadan_, Sir, a merry knight of the Round Table, his pretended dislike of women, I. 196. note.

E.

_Edward I._, his chivalric character, I. 395. A chivalric anecdote of, I. 142.

_Edward II._, state of chivalry in his reign, I. 402. 409.

_Edward III._, state of armour in his time, I. 97. 100. Chivalry in his reign, II. 4, &c.

_Eloisa_, the Lady, a heroine of chivalry, I. 235.

_England_, antiquity of the sarcasm of its not being the country of original invention, II. 48. note. The melancholy of its mirth curiously noticed, ib.

_Errantry_, facts relating to the knight-errantry of the middle ages, I. 140. 145. English knights-errant, 225. General facts and usages, 226, &c.

F.

_Falconry._ See _Hawking_.

_Falcons_, placed on perches above knights at chivalric entertainments, I. 281.

_Father in chivalry_, the respect which a knight bore to the cavalier that knighted him, I. 54.

_Festivals_, description of chivalric, I. 176. 379. At tournaments, 281.

_Fidelity_ to obligations, a great virtue in knights, I. 151.

_Flodden_, chivalric circumstances at battle of, II. 121.

_Flowers_, Romance of, remarks on, I. 315. note.

_Forget-me-not_, romantic story of this flower: joust concerning it, I. 315.

_France_, state of, after the death of Du Guesclin, II. 203. Chivalry in baronial castles, II. 169. Knighthood given to improper persons, 211. Extinction of chivalry in, 226. Ridiculous imitation of chivalry by the profligate soldiers of a profligate king, 228.

_Francis I._, his chivalric qualities, II. 223. Circumstances which disgraced his chivalry, 224. Knighted by Bayard, 225.

_Fraternity_, origin and history of the spirit of, I. 4. Encouraged by the institutions of Arthur, 379.

_Froissart_, character of his history, _Preface_.

_Frojaz_, Don Rodrigo, a Spanish knight, chivalric mode of his death, I. 71.

_Furs_, fondness of people in the middle ages for them, I. 49. 85. note.

G.

_Gallantry_, its origin, I. 7-9. Absurdity of antiquarians respecting, 175. note.

_Garter_, order of the, objects of, I. 360. Its resemblance to a religious order, 361. Reasons of its being established, 360.; II. 4. Commonly ascribed origin a vulgar fable, 6. Meaning of the motto, 7. The collar, 8.

_Gawain_, Sir, a knight of Arthur's Round Table, character of, I. 378.

_Generousness_ of knights, high estimation of this quality, I. 153. Instances, 153-157.

_Gennet_, order of the, I. 374.

_George_, Saint, the person that was understood by this name, II. 9.

_Germans_, superior virtue of German women owned by Tacitus, I. 7. Instances of this virtue, 7, 8. Political chivalry had no influence in Germany, II. 303. German knights quailed before undisciplined troops, 304. When and where tournaments were held, I. 262. Heraldic pride of the, 263. note. Singular matter regarding the, 265. note. Inferiority of to Italian condottieri, 305. Intolerance and cruelty of German knights, 306. Their education, 307. Cruelty to their squires, 308. Their avarice, 310. Little influence of German chivalry, 311. Singular exception, 312. Destruction of chivalry, 317.

_Gonfanon_, what it was, I. 67.

_Gonsalez_, Count Fernan de, a fabulous hero of Spanish chivalry, II. 245.

_Gordon_, Adam, his chivalry, I. 56.

_Graville_, Sir William, loses a fortress out of his love for chess-playing, I. 165.

_Green-field_, knights of the Fair Lady in the, story of their chevisance, I. 223.

_Gueldres_, Duke of, story of his regard for knightly honour, I. 138.

_Guesclin_, Bertrand du, his birth, II. 174. Became a cavalier in opposition to paternal wishes, 175. His knightly conduct at Rennes, ib. Amusing interview with the Duke of Lancaster, 177. His gallant bearing at Cochetel, and the consequent recovery of the fame of the French arms, 178. Taken prisoner at Aurai, 180. Redeemed, 182. His chivalry in Spain, 184, &c. Taken prisoner again, 189. Treated with cruelty by the Black Prince, 191. Ransomed, 209. Made Constable of France, 194. Recovers the power of the French monarchy, ib. His companionship in arms with Olivier de Clisson, 195. His death before Randan, 199. Character, 201.

H.

_Harald_, the valiant, account of, I. 9.

_Hawking_, a knowledge of, a necessary part of a knight's education, I. 29. A great chivalric amusement, 161.

_Hawkwood_, Sir John, story of his origin, and allusions to his battles, I. 23.

_Helmets_, I. 88. Various sorts of, I. 89.

_Hennebon_, noble defence of, by the Countess of Mountfort, I. 242-246.

_Henry I._ and _II._, state of chivalry in their respective reigns, 387. 389. 395.

_Henry II._, of France, killed in a tournament, account of the circumstances, II. 226. and note.

_Henry_, Prince, son of James I., his love of chivalric exercises, II. 137.

_Henry IV._, chivalric parley between him and the Duke of Orleans, II. 83. His unchivalric deportment at Shrewsbury, 88.

_Henry V._, his love of chivalry, II. 85. 96. His chivalric modesty, 98.

_Henry VIII._, account of his tournaments, II. 104, &c.

_Heroines_, nature of female heroism in days of chivalry, and stories of, I. 234, &c.

_Hita_, Genez Perez de, nature of his volume on the fall of Grenada, II. 288. note.

_Homildon Hill_, interesting knightly story regarding battle at, I. 55.

_Honour_, curious story of knightly, I. 138. The knights' pursuit of, I. 144. See, too, 277. note.

_Horn_, King, romance of, I. 27.

_Horse_ of the knight, I. 111. What horses were preferred, 112. The famous horse of the Cid, ib. II. 287. Armour of the horse, I. 114. Always very splendidly adorned, 115.

_Horsemanship_, care with which knights were trained to, I. 44.

_Hotspur_ fights with the Douglas, II. 77. His gallant deportment at Otterbourn, 79. And at Shrewsbury, 87.

_Humanities_ of chivalric war, I. 129. 135.

_Humility_, a knightly virtue, I. 158.

_Hunting_, young squires instructed in the art of, I. 29. A part of the amusements of chivalry, 161.

_Huntingdon_, Sir John Holland, Earl of, his skill in jousting, I. 307.

I.

_Inauguration_, ceremony of, into knighthood, when and where performed, I. 50. Its circumstances, 50-54.

_Ingelbertes_, Saint, joust at, I. 302-314.

_Ipomydon_, romance of, I. 28.

_Isabella_, the Lady, a heroine of chivalry, I. 235.

_Italian_ armour, excellence of, I. 105.; II. 293. note, 330.

_Italy_, but little martial chivalry in, II. 324. Chivalric education, 321. Changes of the military art in, 325. Chivalry in the north of, 329. Esteem in which the word of knighthood was held, ib. Chivalry in the south of, 331. Mode of creating knights in, 334. Religious and military orders in, 335. Political use of knighthood, 336. Folly of an Italian mob regarding knighthood, ib. School of Italian Generals, 328. Chivalric sports in, 338.

_Ivanhoe_, errors of the author of, regarding Anglo-Saxon and Norman chivalry, I. 383. note; and concerning the Knights Templars, 387. note; and also concerning the nature and names of chivalric sports, 327.

J.

_James_, Saint, his popularity in Spain, I. 345. note; II. 230. Order of, I. 344.

_James II._, of Arragon, gallantry of one of his decrees, II. 289.

_James IV._, of Scotland, chivalric and romantic circumstances of his life, II. 118-124.

_Jealousy_, no part of chivalric love, I. 207.

_Joanna_ of Naples, a chivalric anecdote regarding, II. 352.

_Joust_, nature of the, to the utterance, I. 289. For love of ladies, 291. Various, à l'outrance, 289-297. A plaisance, 297, &c. Romance of, 324.; II. 215. Use of jousts, I. 330.

K.

_Knights_, their privileges, I. 17. Expensive equipment of, necessary to the dignity, 16. Preparations for knighthood, 48. His war-cry and escutcheon, 18. Qualifications, 19. Gentle birth not regarded when valour conspicuous, 22. By whom created, ib. (_For his education, see Squire and Page._) Often turned priests, I. 14. Associations of, in defence of the ladies, 223-225. Stipendiary knights in England, 385. No resemblance between and the equites of Rome, 14. Made in the battle-field, and in mines, 56-59. Knight of honour, description of, 267. English wore golden collars, II. 8. Anxiety to receive the order from great characters, 55. and note. No knights made on compulsion, after the days of Charles I., 158. Degradation of, in the reign of James I., 157.

_Knot_, order of the, I. 358.

_Knowles_, Sir Robert, remarkable story of the heroism of one of his knights, I. 124.

L.

_Lady_ in chivalry, character of, I. 182. 256. Her courtesy, ib. Education, 183. Amusements, 190. Deportment, 185. What ladies could create knights, 252. Singular blending of the heroic and the tender feelings in her character, 253. Not made prisoner in war, 227. Judge in the tournament, 267. 283. Her favours worn by her knights, 272. 275. and note.

_Lahire_, the singular prayer of this knight, I. 147.

_Lance_, the chief weapon of the knight, I. 66. The staff made from the ash-tree, ib.

_Langurant_, Lord of, bravery of, and of his squire, I. 46. and note. Another story, 93.

_Largess_, distributed at ceremonial of inauguration, I. 54. At tournaments, 284.

_Launcelot_, generous modesty of this knight, I. 159. Singular proof of his high reputation, 55. note. Beautiful lamentation over his dead body, 377.

_Lee_, Sir Henry, his gallantry, II. 132.

_Legnano_, battle of, II. 304.

_Liberality_, a great virtue in chivalry, I. 157.

_Liegois_, their battle with the French chivalry, II. 204.

_Lists_, description of the, I. 266.

_London_, citizens of, their taste for chivalric amusements, II. 11.

_Lords_, House of, errors of its committees, I. 15. note.

_Lorrys_, Sir Launcelet de, a gallant knight, killed in a joust for love of his lady, I. 292.

_Love_, peculiarities of chivalric, I. 212. 217-222. 194, &c. Perfection and purity of chivalric, II. 345. Quick-sightedness of courtly matrons regarding signs of, II. 322.

_Louis_, Saint, his barbarous intolerance, I. 148.

_Loyes_, Sir, of Spain, his cruelty, I. 151.

M.

_Mail-armour_, various descriptions of, I. 78-81. Mail and plate, 82. Mail worn in all ages of chivalry, 84.

_Manny_, Sir Walter, succours the Countess of Mountfort, I. 245. His bravery at Calais, II. 18. An amorous knight, 27. His kindness to two brother-knights, 29. His joyous adventurousness, 30. Other feats, 31, &c. His filial piety, 34. Gentleness of his disposition, 38. His high rank in England, 39. His sageness, 40. His liberality, 41. Founds the Charter-house, 42.

_March_, Countess of, story of her chivalric heroism in defending the castle of Dunbar, I. 237.

_Marche_, Thomas de la, his duel with John de Visconti, II.

_Martel_, nature of that weapon, I. 68.

_Marzia_, degl' Ubaldini, story of her heroic deportment at Cesena, I. 249.

_Maule_, its qualities, I. 68. Not a perfectly chivalric weapon, 72.

_Maximilian_ the only Emperor of Germany of a chivalric character, II. 315. His joust with a French knight, ib.

_Medicine_, knowlege of, possessed by dames and damsels, I. 186. Faith of knights in medicines administered by women, 187.

_Medici_, Lorenzo de, won a prize at a tournament, I. 267.

_Men-at-arms_, manner of their fighting, and description of their armour, I. 107.

_Mercenaries_, their use in the French army, II. 209.

_Mercy_, order of our Lady of, reason of the establishing of the, I. 354.

_Merlo_, Sir John, a Spanish knight, account of his jousting in Burgundy, II. 297-300.

_Meyrick_, Dr., character of his critical inquiry into ancient armour, I. 79. note, 101. note, 114. note.

_Michael_ of the Wing, purposes of the establishing of this order, I. 356.

_Milan_, Sir Galeas, Duke of, his courtesy to the Earl of Derby, II. 330.

_Milanese_ armour, excellence of. See _Italian_ armour.

_Missals_, the merits of, decided by battle, II. 288.

_Minstrels_, description of them and their art in connection with chivalry, I. 166, &c. Their chivalric importance in Italy, II. 327.

_Molai_, Jacques de, appoints a successor to his authority over the Templars, I. 140.

_Montferrand_, Regnaud de, the romantic excess of his love for chivalric honours, I. 59.

_Montglaive_, Guerin de, I. 30.

_Montpensier_, Henry de Bourbon, his death in a tournament, II. 226.

_Mountfort_, Jane de, tale of her heroism, I. 239.

_Music_, ladies in chivalry were taught, I. 183, 184.

N.

_Naples_, chivalry at, II. 331. Ceremonies of chivalric inauguration in, 332.

_Navaret_, battle of, II. 189.

_Nobility_, education of English, in the sixteenth century, II. 115.

_Normans_, nature of their chivalry, I. 383. Plant chivalry in Italy, II. 331.

O.

_Oak_, in Navarre, order of, I. 374.

_Obedience_, dignity of, I. 6.

_Olympic_ games, their inferiority to the games of chivalry, I. 259.

_Orbigo_, account of a singular passage of arms at, II. 292-296.

_Orders_, the religious, their general principles, I. 333. Qualifications for them, 336. Use of the religious, 337. Military orders, ib. Dormant orders, 366. Singular titles of, 371.

_Ordonnance_, companies of, established by Charles VII., their unchivalric nature, II. 209.

_Orleans_, Duke of, his satire on the heaviness of English armour, I. 91.

_Orris_, Michael de, the romantic and chivalric nature of his love, I. 322.

_Ostrich_ feathers, whether originally a crest or a device of the Black Prince, I. 101, &c.

_Otterbourn_, description of that chivalric battle, II. 76, &c.

_Oxenford_, Earl of, amusing story of his absurd pride, I. 36.

_Oxford_, Edward Vere, Earl of, his coxcombry and romantic gallantry, II. 150.

P.

_Page_, the first gradation in chivalry, I. 30. At what age a boy became one, ib. His duties, 31. Personal service, ib. Taught love, religion, and war, 32. His martial exercises, 35. (See _Saintré_.) Combats of pages, II. 208. State of English pages during the sixteenth century, 149.

_Palaye_, Sainte, character of his Memoirs of ancient Chivalry, Preface.

_Paleaz_, Martin, a Spanish knight, his story, II. 271.

_Passage_ of arms, what it was, I. 327. Error of the author of Ivanhoe concerning, ib. note. Description of one in Burgundy, 328.; and at Orbigo, in Spain, II. 292.

_Patriotism_, not necessarily a knightly virtue, I. 139. But encouraged by the religious and military orders, 335, 336.

_Peacock_, festival and vow of the, I. 177. Mode of dressing the, 178. note.

_Pelayo_, his history, II. 242.

_Pembroke_, Earl, stories of, II. 33. 52-58.

_Penitents_ of love, a singular set of fanatics in France, I. 211.

_Pennon_, the streamer at end of a lance, I. 66.

_Perceval_, Mr. George, excellence of his history of Italy, _Preface_. Cited, I. 102. note. II. 218. 325. note. 326-328.

_Percy._ See _Hotspur_.

_Perfumes_, fondness of people in the middle ages for, I. 194. note.

_Philippa_, Queen, her heroism, I. 236.

_Plate-armour_, description of, I. 83. Its inconveniences I. 84. 102. note.

_Peter_ the Cruel, his history, II. 181, &c.

_Politeness_ of knights in battle, I. 135.

_Pride_ of knights ridiculed by Cervantes, I. 393.

_Prisoners_, when made by knights, delivered to the squires, I. 41. Curious pride of knights concerning, 138. Ladies were never made prisoners, 227.

_Pursuivant_ of love, the favourite title of a knight, I. 202.

_Pye_, Lord Saint, his skill in jousting, I. 309, &c.

Q.

_Quinones_, Sueno de, account of his holding a passage of arms at Orbigo, in Spain, II. 292.

_Quintain_, nature of that amusement, I. 44.

R.

_Ramsey_, William de, the chivalric nature of his death, I. 147.

_Ransoming_, the general principles of, in chivalric times, I. 136.

_Rapier_, an Italian weapon, II. 135. Fighting with it supersedes the sword and buckler, ib.

_Religion_, nature of the knight's, I. 146. 150. Brevity of his devotions, ib. Curious instance of it, 147. The chivalric glory of a man being shriven in his helmet, ib. Intolerance of the knight, 148. His ferocity against Pagans and Saracens, ib. His idle impiety at a tournament, 266. Maintained opinions by the sword, 349.

_Rienzi_, Cola di, instance of his coxcombry, II. 335. note.

_Richard_ I., description of his battle-axe, I. 69. His chivalric character, 391.

_Rivers_, mystery of, meaning of the phrase, I. 29.

_Romance_ of chivalry displayed in the tournament, I. 266. Great estimation of romances in chivalric times, I. 174. Beneficial effects of, on chivalry, II. 170. Their popularity in England during the sixteenth century, 100. Effects on Italy, 337.

_Roncesvalles_, chivalric march through the valley of, by the soldiers of the Black Prince, II. 189. Question regarding battles in, at the time of Charlemagne, 244.

_Round Table_, when and where held in England, II. 3. Number of knights attached to the fabulous, I. 376. note.

_Roy_, Raynolde du, a good jouster, chivalric reason for it, I. 312.

_Rybamount_, courtesy of Edward III. to Lord Eustace of, II. 19.

S.

_Sageness_, meaning of this old word, I. 129.

_Saintré_, Jean de, curious account of the education in love of this knight, I. 32.

_Scales_, Anthony Woodville, Lord, his joust with the Bastard of Burgundy, I. 314.

_Scarf_, ladies', on the knight, I. 85. 89. 101.

_Scotland_, form of chivalric oath in, II. 70. Chivalric circumstances, 71. Frenchmen's opinions of Scotsmen's chivalry, 73. Reasons for Englishmen's dislike of wars in, 75. Courtesies between English and Scottish knights, 75. See _James_ IV.

_Shield_, sentiments of honour connected with the, I. 77. Its various shapes, 78.

_Sidney_, Sir Philip, his chivalric character, II. 126. His Arcadia, 127. Circumstances of his life, 128. Remarkable grief at his death, 129. Uncommon kindness of the Sidney family, ib., and note. His description of the nature of chivalric courage, I. 130. note. His apology for ladies studying surgery, I. 188.

_Sir_, its title in chivalry, I. 31.

_Skottowe_, Mr., excellence of his work on Shakspeare, I. 209. note.

_Smithfield_, anciently the principal tilting ground in London, I. 269. Used for other purposes, note, ib. Its state in the sixteenth century evidence of the degeneracy of chivalry, II. 136. note.

_Spain_, religious orders in, account of, I. 344. General nature of Spanish chivalry, II. 230. Religion and heroism, ib. Gallantry, 231. 289. Curious blending of Spanish and Oriental manners, 232. Beneficial effects from the union of Moors and Spaniards, 233. Religious toleration in Spain, 235. Loves and friendships of Moors and Christians, ib. Peculiarities of Spanish chivalry, 236. Forms of knighthood, 237. Various classes of knights, 238. Spanish knights travel to distant countries, asserting the beauty of Spanish maidens, 296. Extinction of Spanish chivalry, 301. The knight's idolatry of women outlives this extinction, 302. Spanish poetry, 241. Story of Spanish manners 271. 277. State of Spanish chivalry after the death of the Cid, II. 287.

_Spenser_, his Fairy Queen supports chivalry, II. 126. Object of the poem, ib. Poem cited, passim.

_Spices_, fondness of knights for them, I. 169. note. 282.

_Spurs_, buckling them on, a part of chivalric inauguration ceremonies, I. 53. Suspended in churches as memorials of victory and honour, II. 305. note.

_Squire_, his personal and chivalric duties, I. 35, 36. 39. Never sat at the same table with knights, 36. Story of a high-spirited squire, 37. His dress, 39. Various sorts of squires, 40. Spenser's picture of one, ib. His duties in battle, 41. Carried the pennon of a knight, ib. His gallantry, 41. 45. His martial exercises, 43. Undertook military expeditions, 45. His services in the battle-field, 41. 46. Nature of his armour, 107. Story of the boldness of a, I. 128. English squires wore silver collars, II. 8. See _Bovines_.

_Squirehood_, the third class of the general order of chivalry, I. 23. Of whom it was formed, 24.

_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.