Table of Contents

Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


1. Introduction


Charny's Life and Career


Reform and the Order of the Star


Endnotes


2. Charny's Questions on Jousts, Tournaments, and War


Charny: Writer on Chivalry


Charny and Chivalry


The Law of Arms, the Laws of War, and Charny's Questions


Disciplinary Ordinances


Administrative Ordinances


Theoretical Treatises on War


Charny's Questions


What was the Purpose of Charny's Questions?


Endnotes


3. Charny's Jousters and Tourneyers


Jousting


Tournaments


Endnotes


4. Charny's Men-at-Arms


Men-at-Arms and Companions


Squires


The Near-Invisible Mass


Endnotes


5. What Men-at-Arms Worried About


Endnotes


6. Honor and the Lore of Chivalry


Endnotes


7. Omissions and Conclusions


What Charny Left Out


Conclusion: The Law of Arms for Men-at-Arms


Endnotes


Introduction to the Translations


Questions Concerning the Joust, Tournaments, and War


I: Questions on the Joust


II: Questions on Tournaments


III: Questions on War


Ordinances of Richard II


Endnotes


Bibliography


Primary Sources


Secondary Sources

About the Author

Steven Muhlberger is professor of history at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. His research has focused on chivalric culture, specifically the investigation of formal combats (duels, tournaments and jousts) in the later Middle Ages, particularly those of the Hundred Years War.

Reviews

'...Charny's Men-at-Arms makes an important contribution to the historical study of medieval chivalry, chivalric sports, and warfare. Muhlberger's analysis is succinct and approachable, making it accessible to students, while still providing scholarly rigor and insight to earn the approbation of seasoned historians. Charny's Men-at-Arms will undoubtedly facilitate considerable discussion and future research.' (Peter W. Sposato, The Medieval Review)