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Author Girouard, Mark, 1931-

Title The return to Camelot : chivalry and the English gentleman / Mark Girouard
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, 1981

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Description 312 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Contents 1912 -- Survival and revival -- Sir Walter Scott -- The age of Abbotsford -- The broad stone of honour -- Radical chivalry -- The Eglinton tournament -- Victoria and Albert -- Muscular chivalry -- A mid-century miscellany -- The public schools -- The return of Arthur -- Modern courtly love -- Knights of the empire -- Playing the game -- Chivalry of the people -- The chivalrous gentlemen -- The great war
Analysis Great Britain Society Role of chivalry 1790-1914
Great Britain Society Role of chivalry, 1790-1914
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Arthur, King -- Influence.
Arthurian romances -- Appreciation -- England.
Britons -- Historiography.
Camelot (Legendary place)
Chivalry -- History.
Chivalry.
Medievalism -- England -- History.
Men -- England -- Conduct of life -- History.
Middle Ages in literature.
Social ethics -- History.
Upper class -- England -- History.
Upper class -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Upper class -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Upper class -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT England -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043318
Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056856
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056951
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056952
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056953
Great Britain -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056946
LC no. 81051343
ISBN 0300027397
Other Titles Chivalry and the English gentleman
Chivalry and the English gentleman