The Lost Art of Chivalry - 20 Medieval Romance Novels
Arthurian Quests, Grail Visions, Crusader Legends, and Courtly LoveBy Maurice Hewlett, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Robert Williams Buchanan, Sir Thomas Malory, Emily Sarah Holt, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Walter Scott, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Stanley John Weyman, Thomas Love Peacock, Grace Aguilar, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, Florence L. Barclay, Emma Orczy, Georg Ebers, Jessie L. Weston, Friedrich de La Motte-Fouqué
Length285h 47m
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The Lost Art of Chivalry gathers twenty romances that reimagine the medieval world as a theater of quest, fidelity, dynastic conflict, spiritual testing, and courtly desire. Moving from Arthurian legend and Grail lore to Crusading adventure, historical pageantry, and Gothic enchantment, the volume displays an unusually broad range of narrative modes: archaic romance, Victorian historical fiction, moral tale, satire, and fantasy. Its standout materials include foundational chivalric traditions alongside later imaginative revivals, showing how knighthood has repeatedly been reshaped for new audiences. The collection unites medieval inheritance with nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literary culture. Writers associated with Romantic medievalism, the historical novel, religious fiction, women's popular romance, and Arthurian scholarship encounter figures such as Wolfram von Eschenbach and Sir Thomas Malory, whose works helped define European ideals of courtliness and adventure. Across these varied backgrounds, chivalry becomes neither a fixed code nor a mere antiquarian ornament, but a language for examining honor, gender, nation, faith, and power. Recommended for students, enthusiasts of Arthurian and medievalist literature, and general readers alike, this anthology offers a rich comparative archive in a single volume. Its diverse voices invite readers to trace continuities and disputes across centuries, while its mixture of romance, reflection, and adventure makes the cultural afterlife of chivalry both accessible and intellectually rewarding.
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GenreRomance
Length285 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Timeless Tales of Chivalry: 50 Outstanding Medieval Historical Novels
26BOOK XII EIDEGAST
2The Lost Art of Chivalry - 20 Medieval Romance Novels
27BOOK XIII KLINGSOR
3The Forest Lovers
28BOOK XIV GRAMOFLANZ
4CHAPTER I (pt. 1)
29BOOK XV FEIREFIS
5CHAPTER I (pt. 2)
30BOOK XVI LOHENGRIN
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6CHAPTER I (pt. 3)
31APPENDICES
7CHAPTER I (pt. 4)
32Footnote
8CHAPTER I (pt. 5)
33The New Abelard
9Parzival
34Volume 1
10Volume 1
35PREFATORY NOTE.
11INTRODUCTION
36PROEM
12BOOK I GAMURET
37CHAPTER I.—THE TWO.
13BOOK II HERZELEIDE
38CHAPTER II.—OLD LETTERS.
14BOOK III GURNEMANZ
39CHAPTER III.—THE BISHOP.
15BOOK IV KONDWIRAMUR
40CHAPTER IV.—WORLDLY COUNSEL.
16BOOK V ANFORTAS
41CHAPTER V.—‘MRS. MONTMORENCY.’
17BOOK VI ARTHUR
42CHAPTER VI.—ALMA.
18BOOK VII OBILOT
43CHAPTER VII.—A SIDE CURRENT.
19BOOK VIII ANTIKONIE
44CHAPTER VIII.—MYSTIFICATIONS.
20BOOK IX TREVREZENT
45CHAPTER IX.—FAREWELL TO FENSEA.
21APPENDICES
46CHAPTER X.—FROM THE POST-BAG.
22Footnote
47Volume 2
23Volume 2
48CHAPTER XI.—AN ACTRESS AT HOME
24BOOK X ORGELUSE
49CHAPTER XII—IN A SICK ROOM.
25BOOK XI ARNIVE
50CHAPTER XIII.—A RUNAWAY COUPLE.
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