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Chivalry

Barber, Richard W. The Knight and Chivalry. Boydell, 1996. Originally published in 1971, this well-illustrated and popular work provides a detailed description of knighthood and the role of chivalry.

Gibbons, Gail. Knights in Shining Armor. Little, Brown, 1995, 1998. Medieval times illuminated through vibrant illustrations; for younger readers.

Kaeuper, Richard W. Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe. Oxford University Press, 2001. Reveals the contradictory forces that struggle within the concept of chivalry.

Keen, Maurice. Chivalry. Yale University Press, 1984. Survey of chivalric culture.

Laing, Lloyd, and Jennifer Laing. Medieval Britain: The Age of Chivalry. St. Martin's, 1998. A richly illustrated account of the Middle Ages and Britain's chivalric code.

Feudalism

Bloch, Marc. Feudal Society: The Growth of Ties of Dependence. Trans. L.A. Manyon. University of Chicago Press, 1981. A classic work on the origins of the feudal system.

Britnell, R. H. The Commercialization of English Society, 1000-1500. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Overview of changing social and economic relationships.

Dyer, Christopher. Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520. Yale University Press, 2002. Masterly survey of the social and economic structures during the feudal era.

Herlihy, David, ed. The History of Feudalism. Humanities, 1979. Comprehensive on all aspects.

Reynolds, Susan. Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted. Oxford University Press, 1996. A provocative challenge to orthodox conceptions of feudalism.

Reynolds, Susan. First Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted. Oxford University Press, 1994. A comprehensive study of feudal systems in Italy, France, England, and Germany.

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Middle Ages

Bunson, Matthew. Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Facts on File, 1995. More than 2,000 entries cover the people, places, and events of the Middle Ages.

Cantor, Norman F. The Civilization of the Middle Ages. HarperCollins, 1993. Originally published in 1964, Cantor's one-volume study remains one of the most accessible treatments on the subject.

Cantor, Norman F. Medieval Lives: Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the Middle Ages. HarperCollins, 1994. Major and minor historical figures on the issues of their times.

Duby, Georges, and Philippe Aries, eds. A History of Private Life: Revelations of the Medieval World. Trans. Arthur Goldhammer. Belknap, 1988, 1993. A fascinating and revealing study of the intimate and familial lives of medieval people.

Eamon, William. Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture. Princeton University Press, 1994. A book of medieval secrets, from stain removal potions to plague cures and love potions.

Herlihy, David. Medieval Households. Harvard University Press, 1985. Argues that the medieval period defined the modern notion of family, especially affection toward children.

Hooper, Nicholas, and Matthew Bennett. The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487. Cambridge University Press, 1995. This illustrated popular history traces the development of European warfare from Charlemagne to the War of the Roses.

Jordan, William Chester, ed. The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia for Students. Scribner, 1996. Illustrated reference work with more than 700 entries; for younger readers.

McKitterick, Rosamond, ed. The New Cambridge Medieval History. Cambridge University Press, 1995-1998.

Platt, Colin. The Architecture of Medieval Britain: A Social History. Yale University Press, 1990. Life in medieval England is illuminated through this study of the architectural heritage of the Middle Ages.

Shahar, Shulamith. Childhood in the Middle Ages. Routledge, 1990. Medieval children and the care given them.

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