Adoubement and Chivalry in the Feudal West: Gautier d’Arras’s Eracle (c. 1159-1184)
Guilherme Queiroz de SOUZA
Original title: Adoubement e Cavalaria no Ocidente feudal: o Eracle (c. 1159-1184) de Gautier d’Arras
Published in Medieval and Early Modern Iberian Peninsula Cultural History
Keywords: Adoubement, Eracle, Feudal West, Gautier d’Arras, chivalry.
The purpose of this article is to analyze the adoubement and the Chivalry in the Feudal West, through the emphasis on the romance Eracle, written by the French cleric Gautier d’Arras between 1159 and 1184. In this work, the protagonist hero is submitted to the adoubement (rite of passage) to join the Chivalry, category considered by some historians as the dominant institution during the Feudalism. We study the evolution and stages of the rite, as well as the main chivalric virtues (courage, loyalty and prudence), the concepts of largesse and prodomie and the art of war. For this, we utilize comparatively works of the 11-12th centuries.
Judes Macabeo: from hero of Old Testament to hero of medieval chivalry
Vinicius Cesar Dreger de Araújo
Original title: Judas Macabeu: de herói do Antigo Testamento a herói da cavalaria medieval
Published in The chivalry and the art of war in the Ancient and Medieval World
Keywords: Culture, Judas Maccabeys, chivalry.
Mysterious Nicopolis
José Enrique RUIZ-DOMÈNEC
Original title: Misteriosa Nicópolis
Published in The Middle Ages and the Crusades
Keywords: Historical personages, Middle Ages, Nicopolis, chivalry.
Essay about the great day of Nicopolis, the participation of the main characters, and a new historical-anthropological reading of a crucial event inspired by Hayden White and Marshall Salins. This is a new proposal for a historical interpretation of the crusades.
Riding in the plains of southern Iberian Peninsula, in the "brida" and "jineta" ways – saddles, harnesses and the protection of the Christian and Muslim rider
Franklin Pereira
Original title: A monta "à brida" e "à jineta" nas planícies da Península Ibérica – selas, arreios e protecção do cavaleiro cristão e muçulmano
Published in The chivalry and the art of war in the Ancient and Medieval World
Keywords: Islam, Leather shields, Saddles, chivalry.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, El Cid (1048-1099), very good knight and from great lineage
Olga PISNITCHENKO
Original title: Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, El Cid (1048-1099), muy buen cauallero e de grande linaje
Published in Society and Culture in Portugal
Keywords: Castile, El Cid, Estoria de España, Leon, chivalry.
This article proposes to analyze the image of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar constructed by Estoria de España of Alfonso X and as chronicles derived from it. Our research is concentrated not so much on the study of political and military abilities of El Cid, but mainly on the knightly model that is elaborated from its image by the chroniclers that represent a voice of the king in the analyzed historical works. According to the chronicles, Rodrigo acts as a vassal of the three kings (Fernando, Sancho and Alfonso) who succeed each other on the throne of Castile and Leon, constructing with each one of them peculiar relations that introduce to the reader or listener of history a wide spectrum of situations in which Rodrigo continues to remain within the line of behavior of an exemplary vassal.
The Formation of the Knight: Perceval or Conte du Graal
Raúl Cesar Gouveia Fernande
Original title: A formação do cavaleiro: Perceval ou O Conto do Graal
Published in Mirabilia 4
Keywords: Arthurian romance, chivalry, education.
The present paper covers Perceval's formative process analysis as it is developed in the context of Chrétien de Troyes' Conte du Graal. We intend to identify with our investigation the method and the objectives in the education of a knight throughout the romance.
The medieval chivalry and the first formation of the James I as chivalry-king in the Llibre dels Fets (c. 1252-1274)
Luciano José Vianna
Original title: A cavalaria medieval e a formação inicial de Jaime I como rei cavaleiro no Llibre dels Fets (c. 1252-1274)
Published in The chivalry and the art of war in the Ancient and Medieval World
Keywords: James I, Llibre dels Fets, chivalry.
The thought of Thomas Aquinas about military life, just war and military orders of chivalry
Ricardo da COSTA and Armando Alexandre dos SANTOS
Original title: O pensamento de Santo Tomás de Aquino (1225-1274) sobre a vida militar, a guerra justa e as ordens militares de cavalaria
Published in The Middle Ages and the Crusades
Keywords: Crusades, Military life, Religious life, chivalry.
The article briefly presents the thought of Thomas Aquinas about the legitimacy of military life and the concept of just war, and its theological justification in the context of the Crusades, to the military orders. For that, initially uses the Biblical foundation. The following briefly lists some of the saints of the Church, to discuss the thought of Aquinas about the subject.
