Military Courage and Fear in the Late Medieval French Chivalric Imagination

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Abstract

Chivalric literature offered a powerful celebration of courage and denunciation of the shame of cowardice. This article explores the relationship between late medieval Frenchdebates on this subject and the military reality of the period.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-147
Number of pages19
JournalCahiers de Recherches Médiévales et Humanistes
Volume24
Issue number2012
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2012

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