Kings, Knights and Bankers: The Collected Articles of Richard W. Kaeuper (Later Medieval Europe, 13)

In Kings, Knights, and Bankers , Richard Kaeuper presents a lifetime of medieval research on Italian financiers, English kingship, chivalric violence, and knightly piety. His foundational work on public finance connects Italian merchant banking with the growth of state power at the turn of the fourteenth century. Subsequent articles on law and order offer measured contributions to the continuing debate over the growth of governance and its relationship with contemporary disorder. He also convincingly proves that knights, the foremost military professionals of the medieval world, considered their prowess as both a source of honor and of sanctification. All interested in the history of medieval chivalry, governance, piety, and public finance can learn from this impressive collection of articles. Kings, Knights and Bankers: The Collected Articles of Richard W. Kaeuper Copyright Contents Abbreviations Introduction PART 1: The English Crown and Italian Financiers Introduction to Part 1 1: The Societas Riccardorum and Economic Change 2: The Role of Italian Financiers in the Edwardian Conquest of Wales 3: Royal Finance and the Crisis of 1297 4: The Frescobaldi of Florence and the English Crown PART 2: Law and Disorder Introduction to Part 2 5: Law and Order in Fourteenth-Century England: The Evidence of Special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer 6: An Historian’s Reading of The Tale of Gamelyn 7: Debating Law, Justice, and Constitutionalism 8: The King and the Fox: Reaction to the Role of Kingship in Tales of Reynard the Fox PART 3: Chivalry and Literature Introduction to Part 3 9: Literature as Essential Evidence for Understanding Chivalry 10: William Marshal, Lancelot, and the Issue of Chivalric Identity 11: Chivalry in Barbour’s Bruce 12: Baudoin De Conde, Violence, and War 13: Chivalry: Fantasy and Fear 14: Chivalry and the ‘Civilizing Process’ 15: The Societal Role of Chivalry in Romance: Northwestern Europe 16: Telling it Like it Was? Mark Twain’s Rereading of Chivalry in Malory’s Morte Darthur PART 4: Holy Warriors Introduction to Part 4 17: Piety and Independence in Chivalric Religion 18: Chivalric Violence and Religious Valorization 19: John Ruskin, the Medieval Ordines, and Meritorious Suffering 20: Vengeance and Mercy in Chivalric Mentalité Index