Prowess, Piety, and Public Order in Medieval Society : Studies in Honor of Richard W. Kaeuper

"Richard Kaeuper's career has examined three salient concerns of medieval society - knightly prowess and violence, lay and religious piety, and public order and government - most directly in three of his monographs: War, Justice, and Public Order (Oxford, 1988), Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe (Oxford, 1999), and Holy Warriors (Penn, 2009). Kaeuper approaches historical questions with an eye towards illuminating the inherent complexities in human ideas and ideals, and he has worked to untangle the various threads holding together cultural constructs such as chivalry, licit violence, and lay piety. The present festschrift in his honor brings together scholars from across disciplines to engage with those same concerns in medieval society from a variety of perspectives. Contributors are: Bernard S. Bachrach, Elizabeth A.R. Brown, Samuel A. Claussen, David Crouch, Thomas Devaney, Paul Dingman, Daniel P. Franke, Richard Firth Green, Christopher Guyol, John D. Hosler, William Chester Jordan, Craig M. Nakashian, W. Mark Ormrod, Russell A. Peck, Anthony J. Pollard, Michael Prestwich, Sebastian Rider-Bezerra, Leah Shopkow, and Peter W. Sposato."--Provided by publisher Preface: Richard W. Kaeuper as Mentor / Leah Shopkow, Craig M. Nakashian and Daniel P. Franke xiii Acknowledgements xviii List of Contributors xix Introduction: Richard W. Kaeuper as Historian / Craig M. Nakashian 1 Part 1. War and Chivalry 1. Is the 'Song of Roland’s' Roncevalles a Military Satire? 15 Bernard S. Bachrach 2. Chivalric Carnage? Fighting, Capturing and Killing at the Battles of Dol and Fornham in 1173 / John D. Hosler 36 3. Prowess and Privilege: Robert Ufford, Earl of Suffolk and the Limits of Chivalry in Edward iii’s England / Daniel P. Franke 62 Part 2. Chivalric Identities 4. The Violence of the Preudomme / David Crouch 87 5. Chivalry and Honor-Violence in Late Medieval Florence / Peter W. Sposato 102 6. Loyalty, Autonomy, and Virtue: Redefining Nobility in Late-Medieval Castile / Thomas Devaney 120 7. English Chivalry and the Decline of Strenuous Knighthood in the Later Fifteenth Century / Anthony J. Pollard 140 Part 3. Religion and Violence 8. 'Li arcevesque est mult bon chevalier': The Chivalric Ideals of Archbishop Turpin / Craig M. Nakashian 161 9. Mooning the Abbot: A Tale of Disorder, Vulgarity, Ethnicity, and Underwear in the Monastery / Leah Shopkow 179 10. Chivalric and Religious Valorization of Warfare in High Medieval France / Samuel A. Claussen 199 11. Morality and Legality in Late Medieval England: The Evidence of Benedictine Sermon Collections / Christopher Guyol 218 Part 4. Kingship, Public Order, and the State 12. Philip the Fair of France, Nemesis of Edward I of England / Elizabeth A. R. Brown 237 13. Edward I: A Chivalric King? / Michael Prestwich 265 14. Expenses Related to Corporal Punishment in France / William Chester Jordan 286 15. Pardon, Parliament and Political Performance in Later Medieval England / W. Mark Ormrod 301 Part 5. Literature and Culture in Medieval and Early Modern Europe 16. A Reconsideration of Middle Welsh Literature as Historical Evidence for Social Violence / Sebastian Rider-Bezerra 323 17. Chivalry and the Wise Watchman: A Study of Patience, Penance, and the Homeward Journey in Chaucer’s 'Canterbury Tales' and 'Troilus and Criseyde' / Russell A. Peck 344 18. Sword-made Men: Mystical Armament and Earthly Authority in Malory’s 'Le Morte Darthur' / Paul Dingman 368 19. Refighting Carlo Ginzburg’s 'Night Battles' / Richard Firth Green 381 Index of Modern Authors 403 Index of Names and Subjects 405 Index of Ancient Sources 411 This Festschrift In Richard Kaeuper’s Honor Brings Together Scholars From Across Disciplines To Engage With Three Salient Concerns Of Medieval Society - Knightly Prowess And Violence, Lay And Religious Piety, And Public Order And Government - From A Variety Of Perspectives.