Description: A reinterpretation of the place and significance of chivalric culture in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and what it says about contemporary attitudes to the medieval.
Brief description: Dr Alex Davis is Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews.
Review Quotes: Refreshingly eclectic in its choice of discursive focus.... This book is highly recommended for anyone with research interests in any aspect of medievalism and the romance genre.-- "MEDIUM AEVUM vol. LXXIII 2004"