Bloody good chivalry, sacrifice and the great war

Frantzen, Allen J 1947-

Bloody good chivalry, sacrifice and the great war - London Chicago University Press 2004 - xv,335p. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-323) and index.

Chivalry and sacrifice -- Violence and abjection -- The making of a knight: St. Edmund, virgin and martyr -- A chronicle of scales: chivalry and sacrifice -- Antisacrifice: the hidden cost of chivalry -- "Modest stillness and humility": the nineteenth century and the chivalry of duty -- "Teach them how to war": postcards, chivalry, and sacrifice -- "Greater love than this": Memorials of the Great War -- Circles of grief: chivalry and the heart of sacrifice.

9780226260853

2002154908


World War, 1914-1918.
Chivalry.
Sacrifice.
Masculinity.


Europe--Civilization.

D523 / .F722 2004

940.31 / FR-B

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