Accolade, meaning of the, I. 53. note.Adelais, tale of her imprisonment, rescue by an adventurous knight, and subsequent marriage, II.322.Albigenses, romance of, I. 48. note.Alcantara, order of, its principles, and its comparative rank with other Spanish orders, I. 353.Alfonso, story of his chivalric bearing, II.258.Allegories, fantastic, made on knights and their armour, I. 108. 110.Amys and Amylion, Romance of, I. 121.Anglo-Saxons, state of chivalry among, I. 6. 9. 11. 383.Antharis, a Lombard king, story of his romantic gallantry, II.321.Arabian horses, their repute in chivalric times, I. 111.Arabic, Spanish historians, account of, II.242. note.Archers, excellence of English, II.12.Fine passage from Halidon Hill expressive of, II.13. note.An English archer in the days of Edward III.,14.Importance of at battles of Cressy and Poictiers,15.Argonautes, order of, purpose of its institution, I. 358.Aristotle, lay of, I. 215.Armorial bearings, historical and philosophical sketch of the principles of, I. 86, 87. 89.Armour, beauty of ancient, I. 65.Value of enquiries into the minutiæ of, I. 94.Uncertainty of the subject, I. 95.Its general features, I. 99, &c.Golden armour, 102.Array, general nature of chivalric, I. 118.Arthur, his knightly honour, I. 132. note.Discovery of his remains at Glastonbury, account of, I. 375.His court the school of chivalric virtue, 376.His generosity to his knights, 376. note.SeeRound Table.Athenæus, his singular testimony to a state of chivalry, I. 6.Auberoch, beleagured by the French, and chivalrously relieved by the English, II.31.Audley, Sir James, interesting story of his heroic achievements and of his generosity, II.43.Axe, the battle, I. 67.Description of King Richard’s, 68. note.B.Bachelor, various meanings of the word, I. 19. 45.Bacinet, I. 91.Baked meats, fondness of people for them in the olden time, I. 191. and note.Ball, the, after a tournament, I. 284.Band, Spanish order of the, objects of the order, I. 367.Interesting, as descriptive of the state of Spanish manners, ib.Its fine chivalry to woman, I. 369.Banneret, qualification of a knight, I. 16.His privileges, 17.SeeChandos.Bannockburn, battle of, I. 407.Barriers, description of, I. 124. note.Singular battles at the, I. 124. 127.Bath, order of, ceremonies used at the ancient creation of knights of, II.150.91, &c.Modern ceremonies, I. 364.Absurdity of our heralds’ dogmatic positiveness regarding the æra of the order’s foundation, II.91. note.Batre, Claude de, a French knight. His joust with Maximilian I. of Germany, II.315.Bauldrick, description of the, I. 73.Bayard, the chivalric, his early years, II.217.Enters the service of the kings of France,218.His valiancy, ib.His humanity,219.His gallantry, ib.Holds a tournament in honour of the ladies,220.His death,222.Beauty, knights fought to assert the superiority of their mistress’s beauty, I. 209.The practice apparently absurd, but reason why it should not be too severely censured, II.211.Black Prince, his conduct at Limoges, I. 132.His courtesy, II.11.16.His liberality, II.45.His deportment to Peter the Cruel, II.185.Not a favorite with the nobility in the English possessions in France, II.191.His cruelty to Du Guesclin, ib.Blois, Charles of, his contention with Jane de Mountfort for the duchy of Brittany, I. 239.Blue, the colour of constancy in days of chivalry, I. 275. note.SeeStocking.Bonaparte, his generousness to a descendant of Du Guesclin, II.203.Bonnelance, Sir John, his remarkable courtesy to the ladies, I. 199.Boucmell, John, his joust with an English squire, I. 294.Bourbon, singular mode by which a Duke of, gained a fortress, I. 59.——, order of, account of, I. 371.Boucicant, Marshal, his outrageous reverence for women, I. 223. note.His joust at St. Ingelbertes, near Calais, 303, &c.Bovines, importance of squires at the battle of, I. 47.Break-across, to, meaning of the phrase, I. 278, 279. note.Britomart, the perfection of chivalric heroines, I. 253.Brittany, revered for its chivalric fame, II.174.Bruce, Robert, his chivalric humanity, II.69.Burgundy, Bastard of, his joust with Lord Scales, I. 314.His skill in other jousts, II.214.——, court of, splendour of its tournaments, II.213.The most chivalric country in Europe during middle of fifteenth century, ib.Chivalric circumstance at the court of, II.351.C.Calais, stories regarding, II.17-21.Calatrava, order of, its origin and history, I. 349.Calaynos, the Moor, praised by the Spaniards, II.234.Carlisle, Sir Anthony Harclay, Earl of, ceremonies of his degradation from knighthood, I. 62-64.Carpet-knights, meaning of the term, II.156.Carpio, Bernardo del, account of, II.243.Cavalry, the principal arm of military power during the middle ages, I. 2.Caxton, his lamentation over the decline of chivalry, II.99.His exaggeration of the evil,102.Celts, humility of Celtic youths, I. 6.Cervantes, curious error made by, I. 20.Censures the chivalric custom of making vows, 129. note.Satirises chivalric contempt of bodily pain, 368. note.Ridicules the vigil of arms, I. 49. note.and the pride of knights, I. 393. note.Accuracy of his pictures, II.297.Cesena, noble defence of, by Marzia degl’ Ubaldini, I. 249.Chandos, Sir John, story with the Earl of Oxenford, I. 38.History of his heroism, II.46.Gallantry,47.Tenacious of his armorial bearings, ib.Exploits at Auray,49.Tries to dissuade the Black Prince from the Spanish war,50.Ceremonies on his becoming a knight-banneret, ib.His remarkable generousness,52.His death before the bridge of Lusac,60, &c.General grief thereat,63.Character, bluntness of the old English, shown at the creation of knights of the Bath, II.165.Charity, a great chivalric virtue, instance of, I. 161.Charter-house, the, founded by Sir Walter Manny, II.42. and note.Charlemagne, state of chivalry in his time, I. 10.His expedition into Spain, II.244.Chargny, Lord of, a famous jouster, II.298.His passage of arms near Dijon, I. 328.Cherbury, Edward Herbert, Lord of, memoir of him, II.138.Chivalric fame of his family, ib.His vanity,140-145.Made a knight of the Bath,141.His curious adventures in France,142.The disgusting vanity of his infidelity,147.His general character,148.His inferiority to the heroes of the reign of Edward III.,149.Chess, the high favour of this game in days of chivalry, I. 163.A story of a knight’s love of chess, 164.Chivalry, general oath of, I. 50.Form used in Scotland, II.70.Exhortations to perform chivalric obligations, I. 51, 52.Beauty of chivalric costume, I. 65.First ages of, interesting to the reason, but not pleasing to the fancy, I. 1.Difference between feudal and moral chivalry, I. 3.Origin of, ib.Nature of, 2.Modified by Christianity, 9, 13.Early ceremonies of inauguration, 4. 11, 12.Personal nobility of, not to be confounded with feudal territorial nobility, 16.Morals of chivalric times unjustly censured, 229.Real state of them, ib. &c.Peculiar fineness of chivalric feeling, 277. note.Declined in France before the common use of gunpowder, II.213.Recapitulation of the circumstances which gave birth to,341.Its general nature,342.Exact time of its influence difficult to mark,346.Its merits,348.Its effects,358.Application of chivalric honours to men in civil stations,155.Connected with feudalism, I. 384.A compulsory honour in England, 386.Christianity, its improvements on Gothic chivalry, I. 10.Cid, the, his birth, II.246.His early ferocious heroism, ib.His singular marriage,247.Enters the service of King Ferdinand,249.His chivalric gallantry, ib.Ceremony of his being knighted,251.Death of the King ib.Becomes the knight of Sancho, King of Castile, and his campeador,252.Mixture of evil and good in his character, ib.Supports the King in his injustice,253.His romantic heroism, ib.His virtuous boldness,256.His second marriage,260.Is banished from the court of Alfonso, the brother of Sancho,261.;but recalled ib.Is banished again,263.Story of his unchivalric meanness, ib.His history in exile,264.His nobleness and generosity,267.Is recalled,269.Captures Toledo,270.;and Valentia,271.Unjust conduct to the Moors,274.Marriage of his daughters,276.His death,284.;and character,285.Claremont, the Lord of, his dispute with Sir John Chandos regarding armorial cognisances, II.47.Clary, the Lord of, singular story of the censure on him by the court of France for want of courtesy to Sir Peter Courtenay, I. 154-157.Clergy, the weapons they used in battle, I. 68.A gallant fighting priest promoted to an archdeaconry, II.80.Often turned knights, I. 350.Clermont, council of, sanctions chivalry, I. 12.Clifford, Nicholas, his joust with John Boucmell, I. 294, &c.Cloth of gold, chivalric circumstances at the field of, II.111.Cochetel, battle of, II.178.Cognisances, I. 87.Coliseum, Moorish and chivalric sports in, II.329.Inferiority of the old Roman games in, to those of chivalry, I. 260.Colombe, Ernalton of Sainte, bravery of him and his esquire, I. 46.Companionsin arms, nature of such an union, I. 118-123.Conde, D. José Antonio, value of his searches into Arabic Spanish historians, II.242. note.Constancy, a greater virtue in chivalric times than in the present day, I. 206.Spenser’s exhortation to, 207.Constantine, fabulous order of, I. 374.Conversationof knights, its subjects, I. 175.Courageof the knight, I. 124-130.Courtenay, Sir Peter, his adventures in France, I. 154, &c.Courtesy, a knightly virtue, I. 160.Courtesy of a dragon, 161. note.At tournaments, 268.Cousines, dame des belle, her reproof of a young page for his not being in love, I. 32.Crawford, Sir David de Lindsay, Earl of, his joust with Lord Wells, I. 290.Cross, every military order had its, I. 362.Wretched taste in concealing the cross of the order of the Bath by a star, ib.Cyclas, I. 85.Cyneheard, his story, I. 5.D.Daggerof mercy, description of it, I. 92.Story of its use, 93.Dambreticourt, Lord Eustace, his chivalry inspired by the lady Isabella, I. 204.His valour at the battle of Poictiers, II.44.DamesandDamsels. SeeLady.Degradation, ceremonies of, I. 60.Derby, Earl of, the sort of death he desired, I. 147.Devices, what they were, I. 78.Worn in tournaments, 272-275.Discipline, chivalric array not inconsistent with feudal discipline, I. 145.Douglas, story of the perilous castle of, I. 205.Generousness of the good Lord James of, I. 206, 402.His character, ib. note.The Douglas of the sixteenth century, II.67.Wins the pennon of Hotspur,77.His heroism and noble death,80.Archibald, at Shrewsbury, ib.Dressof ladies in chivalric times, I. 185.Importance of modesty of, 186.Dub, meaning of the word, I. 53. note.Dynadan, Sir, a merry knight of the Round Table, his pretended dislike of women, I. 196. note.E.Edward I., his chivalric character, I. 395.A chivalric anecdote of, I. 142.Edward II., state of chivalry in his reign, I. 402. 409.Edward III., state of armour in his time, I. 97. 100.Chivalry in his reign, II.4, &c.Eloisa, the Lady, a heroine of chivalry, I. 235.England, antiquity of the sarcasm of its not being the country of original invention, II.48. note.The melancholy of its mirth curiously noticed, ib.Errantry, facts relating to the knight-errantry of the middle ages, I. 140. 145.English knights-errant, 225.General facts and usages, 226, &c.F.Falconry.SeeHawking.Falcons, placed on perches above knights at chivalric entertainments, I. 281.Father in chivalry, the respect which a knight bore to the cavalier that knighted him, I. 54.Festivals, description of chivalric, I. 176. 379.At tournaments, 281.Fidelityto obligations, a great virtue in knights, I. 151.Flodden, chivalric circumstances at battle of, II.121.Flowers, Romance of, remarks on, I. 315. note.Forget-me-not, romantic story of this flower: joust concerning it, I. 315.France, state of, after the death of Du Guesclin, II.203.Chivalry in baronial castles, II.169.Knighthood given to improper persons,211.Extinction of chivalry in,226.Ridiculous imitation of chivalry by the profligate soldiers of a profligate king,228.Francis I., his chivalric qualities, II.223.Circumstances which disgraced his chivalry,224.Knighted by Bayard,225.Fraternity, origin and history of the spirit of, I. 4.Encouraged by the institutions of Arthur, 379.Froissart, character of his history,Preface.Frojaz, Don Rodrigo, a Spanish knight, chivalric mode of his death, I. 71.Furs, fondness of people in the middle ages for them, I. 49. 85. note.G.Gallantry, its origin, I. 7-9.Absurdity of antiquarians respecting, 175. note.Garter, order of the, objects of, I. 360.Its resemblance to a religious order, 361.Reasons of its being established, 360.; II.4.Commonly ascribed origin a vulgar fable,6.Meaning of the motto,7.The collar,8.Gawain, Sir, a knight of Arthur’s Round Table, character of, I. 378.Generousnessof knights, high estimation of this quality, I. 153.Instances, 153-157.Gennet, order of the, I. 374.George, Saint, the person that was understood by this name, II.9.Germans, superior virtue of German women owned by Tacitus, I. 7.Instances of this virtue, 7, 8.Political chivalry had no influence in Germany, II.303.German knights quailed before undisciplined troops,304.When and where tournaments were held, I. 262.Heraldic pride of the, 263. note.Singular matter regarding the, 265. note.Inferiority of to Italian condottieri, 305.Intolerance and cruelty of German knights, 306.Their education, 307.Cruelty to their squires, 308.Their avarice, 310.Little influence of German chivalry, 311.Singular exception, 312.Destruction of chivalry, 317.Gonfanon, what it was, I. 67.Gonsalez, Count Fernan de, a fabulous hero of Spanish chivalry, II.245.Gordon, Adam, his chivalry, I. 56.Graville, Sir William, loses a fortress out of his love for chess-playing, I. 165.Green-field, knights of the Fair Lady in the, story of their chevisance, I. 223.Gueldres, Duke of, story of his regard for knightly honour, I. 138.Guesclin, Bertrand du, his birth, II.174.Became a cavalier in opposition to paternal wishes,175.His knightly conduct at Rennes, ib.Amusing interview with the Duke of Lancaster,177.His gallant bearing at Cochetel, and the consequent recovery of the fame of the French arms,178.Taken prisoner at Aurai,180.Redeemed,182.His chivalry in Spain,184, &c.Taken prisoner again,189.Treated with cruelty by the Black Prince,191.Ransomed,209.Made Constable of France,194.Recovers the power of the French monarchy, ib.His companionship in arms with Olivier de Clisson,195.His death before Randan,199.Character,201.H.Harald, the valiant, account of, I. 9.Hawking, a knowledge of, a necessary part of a knight’s education, I. 29.A great chivalric amusement, 161.Hawkwood, Sir John, story of his origin, and allusions to his battles, I. 23.Helmets, I. 88.Various sorts of, I. 89.Hennebon, noble defence of, by the Countess of Mountfort, I. 242-246.Henry I.andII., state of chivalry in their respective reigns, 387. 389. 395.Henry II., of France, killed in a tournament, account of the circumstances, II.226. and note.Henry, Prince, son of James I., his love of chivalric exercises, II.137.Henry IV., chivalric parley between him and the Duke of Orleans, II.83.His unchivalric deportment at Shrewsbury,88.Henry V., his love of chivalry, II.85.96.His chivalric modesty,98.Henry VIII., account of his tournaments, II.104, &c.Heroines, nature of female heroism in days of chivalry, and stories of, I. 234, &c.Hita, Genez Perez de, nature of his volume on the fall of Grenada, II.288. note.Homildon Hill, interesting knightly story regarding battle at, I. 55.Honour, curious story of knightly, I. 138.The knights’ pursuit of, I. 144.See, too, 277. note.Horn, King, romance of, I. 27.Horseof the knight, I. 111.What horses were preferred, 112.The famous horse of the Cid, ib. II.287.Armour of the horse, I. 114.Always very splendidly adorned, 115.Horsemanship, care with which knights were trained to, I. 44.Hotspurfights with the Douglas, II.77.His gallant deportment at Otterbourn,79.And at Shrewsbury,87.Humanitiesof chivalric war, I. 129. 135.Humility, a knightly virtue, I. 158.Hunting, young squires instructed in the art of, I. 29.A part of the amusements of chivalry, 161.Huntingdon, Sir John Holland, Earl of, his skill in jousting, I. 307.I.Inauguration, ceremony of, into knighthood, when and where performed, I. 50.Its circumstances, 50-54.Ingelbertes, Saint, joust at, I. 302-314.Ipomydon, romance of, I. 28.Isabella, the Lady, a heroine of chivalry, I. 235.Italianarmour, excellence of, I. 105.;II.293. note,330.Italy, but little martial chivalry in, II.324.Chivalric education,321.Changes of the military art in,325.Chivalry in the north of,329.Esteem in which the word of knighthood was held, ib.Chivalry in the south of,331.Mode of creating knights in,334.Religious and military orders in,335.Political use of knighthood,336.Folly of an Italian mob regarding knighthood, ib.School of Italian Generals,328.Chivalric sports in,338.Ivanhoe, errors of the author of, regarding Anglo-Saxon and Norman chivalry, I. 383. note;and concerning the Knights Templars, 387. note;and also concerning the nature and names of chivalric sports, 327.J.James, Saint, his popularity in Spain, I. 345. note; II.230.Order of, I. 344.James II., of Arragon, gallantry of one of his decrees, II.289.James IV., of Scotland, chivalric and romantic circumstances of his life, II.118-124.Jealousy, no part of chivalric love, I. 207.Joannaof Naples, a chivalric anecdote regarding, II.352.Joust, nature of the, to the utterance, I. 289.For love of ladies, 291.Various, à l’outrance, 289-297.A plaisance, 297, &c.Romance of, 324.; II.215.Use of jousts, I. 330.K.Knights, their privileges, I. 17.Expensive equipment of, necessary to the dignity, 16.Preparations for knighthood, 48.His war-cry and escutcheon, 18.Qualifications, 19.Gentle birth not regarded when valour conspicuous, 22.By whom created, ib.(For his education, seeSquireandPage.)Often turned priests, I. 14.Associations of, in defence of the ladies, 223-225.Stipendiary knights in England, 385.No resemblance between and the equites of Rome, 14.Made in the battle-field, and in mines, 56-59.Knight of honour, description of, 267.English wore golden collars, II.8.Anxiety to receive the order from great characters,55. and note.No knights made on compulsion, after the days of Charles I.,158.Degradation of, in the reign of James I.,157.Knot, order of the, I. 358.Knowles, Sir Robert, remarkable story of the heroism of one of his knights, I. 124.L.Ladyin chivalry, character of, I. 182. 256.Her courtesy, ib.Education, 183.Amusements, 190.Deportment, 185.What ladies could create knights, 252.Singular blending of the heroic and the tender feelings in her character, 253.Not made prisoner in war, 227.Judge in the tournament, 267. 283.Her favours worn by her knights, 272. 275. and note.Lahire, the singular prayer of this knight, I. 147.Lance, the chief weapon of the knight, I. 66.The staff made from the ash-tree, ib.Langurant, Lord of, bravery of, and of his squire, I. 46. and note.Another story, 93.Largess, distributed at ceremonial of inauguration, I. 54.At tournaments, 284.Launcelot, generous modesty of this knight, I. 159.Singular proof of his high reputation, 55. note.Beautiful lamentation over his dead body, 377.Lee, Sir Henry, his gallantry, II.132.Legnano, battle of, II.304.Liberality, a great virtue in chivalry, I. 157.Liegois, their battle with the French chivalry, II.204.Lists, description of the, I. 266.London, citizens of, their taste for chivalric amusements, II.11.Lords, House of, errors of its committees, I. 15. note.Lorrys, Sir Launcelet de, a gallant knight, killed in a joust for love of his lady, I. 292.Love, peculiarities of chivalric, I. 212. 217-222. 194, &c.Perfection and purity of chivalric, II.345.Quick-sightedness of courtly matrons regarding signs of, II.322.Louis, Saint, his barbarous intolerance, I. 148.Loyes, Sir, of Spain, his cruelty, I. 151.M.Mail-armour, various descriptions of, I. 78-81.Mail and plate, 82.Mail worn in all ages of chivalry, 84.Manny, Sir Walter, succours the Countess of Mountfort, I. 245.His bravery at Calais, II.18.An amorous knight,27.His kindness to two brother-knights,29.His joyous adventurousness,30.Other feats,31, &c.His filial piety,34.Gentleness of his disposition,38.His high rank in England,39.His sageness,40.His liberality,41.Founds the Charter-house,42.March, Countess of, story of her chivalric heroism in defending the castle of Dunbar, I. 237.Marche, Thomas de la, his duel with John de Visconti, II.Martel, nature of that weapon, I. 68.Marzia, degl’ Ubaldini, story of her heroic deportment at Cesena, I. 249.Maule, its qualities, I. 68.Not a perfectly chivalric weapon, 72.Maximilianthe only Emperor of Germany of a chivalric character, II.315.His joust with a French knight, ib.Medicine, knowlege of, possessed by dames and damsels, I. 186.Faith of knights in medicines administered by women, 187.Medici, Lorenzo de, won a prize at a tournament, I. 267.Men-at-arms, manner of their fighting, and description of their armour, I. 107.Mercenaries, their use in the French army, II.209.Mercy, order of our Lady of, reason of the establishing of the, I. 354.Merlo, Sir John, a Spanish knight, account of his jousting in Burgundy, II.297-300.Meyrick, Dr., character of his critical inquiry into ancient armour, I. 79. note, 101. note, 114. note.Michaelof the Wing, purposes of the establishing of this order, I. 356.Milan, Sir Galeas, Duke of, his courtesy to the Earl of Derby, II.330.Milanesearmour, excellence of. SeeItalianarmour.Missals, the merits of, decided by battle, II.288.Minstrels, description of them and their art in connection with chivalry, I. 166, &c.Their chivalric importance in Italy, II.327.Molai, Jacques de, appoints a successor to his authority over the Templars, I. 140.Montferrand, Regnaud de, the romantic excess of his love for chivalric honours, I. 59.Montglaive, Guerin de, I. 30.Montpensier, Henry de Bourbon, his death in a tournament, II.226.Mountfort, Jane de, tale of her heroism, I. 239.Music, ladies in chivalry were taught, I. 183, 184.N.Naples, chivalry at, II.331.Ceremonies of chivalric inauguration in,332.Navaret, battle of, II.189.Nobility, education of English, in the sixteenth century, II.115.Normans, nature of their chivalry, I. 383.Plant chivalry in Italy, II.331.O.Oak, in Navarre, order of, I. 374.Obedience, dignity of, I. 6.Olympicgames, their inferiority to the games of chivalry, I. 259.Orbigo, account of a singular passage of arms at, II.292-296.Orders, the religious, their general principles, I. 333.Qualifications for them, 336.Use of the religious, 337.Military orders, ib.Dormant orders, 366.Singular titles of, 371.Ordonnance, companies of, established by Charles VII., their unchivalric nature, II.209.Orleans, Duke of, his satire on the heaviness of English armour, I. 91.Orris, Michael de, the romantic and chivalric nature of his love, I. 322.Ostrichfeathers, whether originally a crest or a device of the Black Prince, I. 101, &c.Otterbourn, description of that chivalric battle, II.76, &c.Oxenford, Earl of, amusing story of his absurd pride, I. 36.Oxford, Edward Vere, Earl of, his coxcombry and romantic gallantry, II.150.P.Page, the first gradation in chivalry, I. 30.At what age a boy became one, ib.His duties, 31.Personal service, ib.Taught love, religion, and war, 32.His martial exercises, 35.(SeeSaintré.)Combats of pages, II.208.State of English pages during the sixteenth century,149.Palaye, Sainte, character of his Memoirs of ancient Chivalry,Preface.Paleaz, Martin, a Spanish knight, his story, II.271.Passageof arms, what it was, I. 327.Error of the author of Ivanhoe concerning, ib. note.Description of one in Burgundy, 328.;and at Orbigo, in Spain, II.292.Patriotism, not necessarily a knightly virtue, I. 139.But encouraged by the religious and military orders, 335, 336.Peacock, festival and vow of the, I. 177.Mode of dressing the, 178. note.Pelayo, his history, II.242.Pembroke, Earl, stories of, II.33.52-58.Penitentsof love, a singular set of fanatics in France, I. 211.Pennon, the streamer at end of a lance, I. 66.Perceval, Mr. George, excellence of his history of Italy,Preface.Cited, I. 102. note. II.218.325. note.326-328.Percy.SeeHotspur.Perfumes, fondness of people in the middle ages for, I. 194. note.Philippa, Queen, her heroism, I. 236.Plate-armour, description of, I. 83.Its inconveniences I. 84. 102. note.Peterthe Cruel, his history, II.181, &c.Politenessof knights in battle, I. 135.Prideof knights ridiculed by Cervantes, I. 393.Prisoners, when made by knights, delivered to the squires, I. 41.Curious pride of knights concerning, 138.Ladies were never made prisoners, 227.Pursuivantof love, the favourite title of a knight, I. 202.Pye, Lord Saint, his skill in jousting, I. 309, &c.Q.Quinones, Sueno de, account of his holding a passage of arms at Orbigo, in Spain, II.292.Quintain, nature of that amusement, I. 44.R.Ramsey, William de, the chivalric nature of his death, I. 147.Ransoming, the general principles of, in chivalric times, I. 136.Rapier, an Italian weapon, II.135.Fighting with it supersedes the sword and buckler, ib.Religion, nature of the knight’s, I. 146. 150.Brevity of his devotions, ib.Curious instance of it, 147.The chivalric glory of a man being shriven in his helmet, ib.Intolerance of the knight, 148.His ferocity against Pagans and Saracens, ib.His idle impiety at a tournament, 266.Maintained opinions by the sword, 349.Rienzi, Cola di, instance of his coxcombry, II.335. note.RichardI., description of his battle-axe, I. 69.His chivalric character, 391.Rivers, mystery of, meaning of the phrase, I. 29.Romanceof chivalry displayed in the tournament, I. 266.Great estimation of romances in chivalric times, I. 174.Beneficial effects of, on chivalry, II.170.Their popularity in England during the sixteenth century,100.Effects on Italy,337.Roncesvalles, chivalric march through the valley of, by the soldiers of the Black Prince, II.189.Question regarding battles in, at the time of Charlemagne,244.Round Table, when and where held in England, II.3.Number of knights attached to the fabulous, I. 376. note.Roy, Raynolde du, a good jouster, chivalric reason for it, I. 312.Rybamount, courtesy of Edward III. to Lord Eustace of, II.19.S.Sageness, meaning of this old word, I. 129.Saintré, Jean de, curious account of the education in love of this knight, I. 32.Scales, Anthony Woodville, Lord, his joust with the Bastard of Burgundy, I. 314.Scarf, ladies’, on the knight, I. 85. 89. 101.Scotland, form of chivalric oath in, II.70.Chivalric circumstances,71.Frenchmen’s opinions of Scotsmen’s chivalry,73.Reasons for Englishmen’s dislike of wars in,75.Courtesies between English and Scottish knights,75.SeeJamesIV.Shield, sentiments of honour connected with the, I. 77.Its various shapes, 78.Sidney, Sir Philip, his chivalric character, II.126.His Arcadia,127.Circumstances of his life,128.Remarkable grief at his death,129.Uncommon kindness of the Sidney family, ib., and note.His description of the nature of chivalric courage, I. 130. note.His apology for ladies studying surgery, I. 188.Sir, its title in chivalry, I. 31.Skottowe, Mr., excellence of his work on Shakspeare, I. 209. note.Smithfield, anciently the principal tilting ground in London, I. 269.Used for other purposes, note, ib.Its state in the sixteenth century evidence of the degeneracy of chivalry, II.136. note.Spain, religious orders in, account of, I. 344.General nature of Spanish chivalry, II.230.Religion and heroism, ib.Gallantry,231.289.Curious blending of Spanish and Oriental manners,232.Beneficial effects from the union of Moors and Spaniards,233.Religious toleration in Spain,235.Loves and friendships of Moors and Christians, ib.Peculiarities of Spanish chivalry,236.Forms of knighthood,237.Various classes of knights,238.Spanish knights travel to distant countries, asserting the beauty of Spanish maidens,296.Extinction of Spanish chivalry,301.The knight’s idolatry of women outlives this extinction,302.Spanish poetry,241.Story of Spanish manners271.277.State of Spanish chivalry after the death of the Cid, II.287.Spenser, his Fairy Queen supports chivalry, II.126.Object of the poem, ib.Poem cited, passim.Spices, fondness of knights for them, I. 169. note. 282.Spurs, buckling them on, a part of chivalric inauguration ceremonies, I. 53.Suspended in churches as memorials of victory and honour, II.305. note.Squire, his personal and chivalric duties, I. 35, 36. 39.Never sat at the same table with knights, 36.Story of a high-spirited squire, 37.His dress, 39.Various sorts of squires, 40.Spenser’s picture of one, ib.His duties in battle, 41.Carried the pennon of a knight, ib.His gallantry, 41. 45.His martial exercises, 43.Undertook military expeditions, 45.His services in the battle-field, 41. 46.Nature of his armour, 107.Story of the boldness of a, I. 128.English squires wore silver collars, II.8.SeeBovines.Squirehood, the third class of the general order of chivalry, I. 23.Of whom it was formed, 24.Stephen, his courtesy to Matilda, I. 153.Important effects of chivalry in his reign, I. 389.Stocking, order of the, I. 379.Origin of the phrase Blue Stocking, 380.This contemptuous expression no longer applicable to Englishwomen, 381.Stothard, Mrs. Charles, her Tour in Normandy cited, I. 241. note.Surcoats, their materials and purposes, I. 85.Of the military orders, 86.Surgery, knowledge of, possessed by ladies in chivalric times, I. 188.Surry, Earl of, incorrectness of the common tale regarding, II.114.Swinton, Sir John, his fine heroism, I. 56.Another story of the heroism of a, 128.Sword, girding of it on the knight a part of the chivalric inauguration ceremonies, I. 11. 63.The favourite weapon of the knight, I. 70.Swords had names and mottoes; the cross hilt; the handle contained the knight’s seal; Spanish swords, 70-77.Story of the Cid’s favourite swords, II.279.T.Tabard, description of, I. 85.Templars, Knights, extravagance of their ascetism, I. 324. note.Errors of the author of Waverley regarding, 337. note.The valiancy of the, 338.Succession of Grand Masters from the persecution to the present time, 340, &c.Present state of, 342.Their importance in Spain, 241.Thistle, order of the, I. 363.Its absurd pretensions to antiquity, ib.Thomson, Anthony Todd, value of his botanical lectures, I. 315. note.Tournaments, superiority of, to Grecian games, I. 259.Origin of, 260.Objects, 261., and notes.Qualifications for tourneying, 263. 265. 272.Who tourneyed, 264.Ceremonies of the, ib.Procession to the, 268.Nature of tourneying weapons, 270.The preparation, 273.The encounter, 274.English regulations concerning, 279. note.Opposed by the Popes, 286. note.Their frequency in the reign of Edward III., II.2.Time of their death in England,137.Female tournament in Germany,314.Tristrem, Romance of, I. 26.V.Valet, the common title of the page, I. 35.Vargas, Garcia Perez de, a splendid exemplar of Spanish chivalry. Story of his romantic gallantry, II.289.Vigilof arms a necessary preliminary to knighthood, I. 49.Vilain, Sir John, anecdote of his remarkable prowess, I. 69.Virtue, degree of, expected in a knight, I. 149.Visconti, John de, his duel with Thomas de la Marche, II.22.Vows, knightly, courage incited by, I. 127.Fantastic, ib., &c. 322.W.Wallop, Sir John, his men break lances for ladies’ love, II.117.Warwick, an earl of, a famous jouster, I. 301.Wells, Lord, his joust with Sir David de Lindsay, first Earl of Crawford, I. 290.Werner, fiendlike ferocity and impiety of, II.328.William Rufus, authors wrong, in calling him a chivalric king, I. 391.But he promoted the growth of chivalry in England, I. 387.Wines, dislike entertained by the Englishmen of old for the wines of Spain, I. 143.Wines drank in chivalric times, 193. and note.Wines and spices, 169. note.Woods, mystery of, I. 29.Worcester, John, Earl of, Constable. His regulations regarding tournaments in England, I. 279. note.Wordsworth, his beautiful description of the occupations and life of a minstrel, I. 171.X.Ximena, a Spanish maiden, story of her voluntary marriage with her father’s murderer, II.247.Z.Zamora, story of that town and the Cid of Spain, II.254.