Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-459) and index.
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Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Material conditions and social background -- Noblemen at court -- The ethical codes -- The origins of courtliness -- Courtliness and chivalry in France -- Imaginative transformations -- Troubadours, trouvères, and minnesingers -- Courtesy in the French romance -- Epic and romance in Germany -- The Italian scene -- The origins -- Dante, Petrarca, and Boccaccio -- Renaissance transformations: I -- Renaissance transformations: II -- The shift to absolutism -- From courtly knights to noble courtiers -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Albrecht von Eyb and The legend of St. Alban -- Notes -- References -- Index.