Description: An examination of the ways in which the fluid concept of "chivalry" has been used and appropriated after the Middle Ages.
Brief description: Barbara Gribling is a Junior Research Fellow in the Department of History at Durham University.
Review Quotes: Using chivalry as a lens through which to examine concepts and uses of the medieval, it provides a critical assessment of the ways in which medieval chivalry became a shorthand to express contemporary ideals, powerfully demonstrating the ways in which history could be appropriated.-- "MODERNITÉS MÉDIÉVALES"