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Service of Ladies: An Autobiography

Service of Ladies: An Autobiography

Liechtenstein, Ulrich Von
Thomas, J. W.
DeVries, Kelly

Paperback

Biographies GeneralMedieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1843830957
ISBN13: 9781843830955
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: Oct 14 2004
Pages: 188
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
Ulrich von Liechtenstein's extraordinary account of his adventures as a knight-errant is one of the most vivid images of chivalric life.

Ulrich von Liechtenstein's extraordinary account of his adventures as a knight-errant is one of the most vivid images of chivalric life to have come down to us. His knightly autobiography was written in the mid-thirteenth century, and gives an account of the journey of Venus which he undertook in 1226 in honour of his lady, in which he claimed to have broken 307 spears in jousts against all comers in the space of a month. Some of it is obviously quietlyexaggerated, written for his friends' entertainment many years later, and he is not above a sly dig at the conventions of courtly love, but he completely accepts its basic ideas. It is full of lively episodes and good stories, aswell as verses in honour of his lady; if the tale has been polished up for effect, it is nonetheless a thoroughly entertaining account of how a knight saw his ideal career in the jousting field.

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