Reviewing the first volume in this series, Christopher Allmand, writing in English Historical Review, said: Once again, a volume of papers published by the Boydell Press has made a useful interdisciplinary contribution to an important and difficult subject. Historians may read this book with profit.' But not only historians, for the contributions to these volumes are wide-ranging, and cover all aspects of culture in the middle ages, with a strong emphasis on continental literature.

Christopher Harper-Bill, Ruth Harvey

Preface
Introduction
Catharism and the Occitan Nobility: the Lordships of Cabaret, Minerve and Termes - Malcolm Barber
Geoffrey V of Anjou, Count and Knight - Jim Bradbury
Sir William Beauchamp between Chivalry and Lollardy - J. I. Catto
Royal Power and Castles in Norman England - Richard G Eales
The Nobility of Knight and Falcon - Dafydd Evans
Knighthood and the Hohenstaufen Imperial Court under Frederick Barbarossa [1152-1190] - William Henry Jackson
The Hero's Invincible Weapon: an Aspect of Angevin Propaganda - Emma Mason
The Development of the Medieval Sword c.850-1300 - Ian Peirce ***
The Courtly Ethic in Chrétien de Troyes - Z. P. Zaddy