War and Chivalry

Sponsoring Organization(s)

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History

Organizer Name

Valerie Eads

Organizer Affiliation

School of Visual Arts

Presider Name

Helen J. Nicholson

Presider Affiliation

Cardiff Univ.

Paper Title 1

Chivalry and the Fortunes of Townsfolk

Presenter 1 Name

Steven Isaac

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Longwood Univ.

Paper Title 2

The Chivalrous Virtue of Cunning: The Military Ruse as a Manifestation of Prudence in Medieval Chronicles

Presenter 2 Name

James Titterton

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Institute for Medieval Studies, Univ. of Leeds

Paper Title 3

"The War Was Opened”: Chivalric Violence as a Cause of War in Trastámara Castile

Presenter 3 Name

Sam Claussen

Presenter 3 Affiliation

California Lutheran Univ.

Paper Title 4

Testosterone and Medieval Epic Literature

Presenter 4 Name

Evelyn Birge Vitz

Presenter 4 Affiliation

New York Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2018 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 209

Description

War and chivalry - topics in medieval military history as it relates to concepts of chivalry in practicd and in literature, especially medieval French epic literature. Impact of warfate on townspeople. Gender, testosterone, masculinity. Ruse, deception, cunning in warfare.

Valerie Eads