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The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman
by Girouard, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300027397
- ISBN 13
- 9780300027396
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Yale Univ Pr, Newhaven and London, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Various. Preface by author, notes to the text, index and photographic acknowledgements. Illustrated end pages, illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, colour photographs, and also reproductions of art works and documents. Green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, (wraparound), with white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Towards the end of the 18th century, England was witness to a fascinating phenomenon; the revival of the mediaeval code of chivalry. Until well into the 20th century, the metaphors of Camelot and the mediaeval knight's concept of honour, bravery, service and self-sacrifice took on new meaning and shaped the character of English society. The adaptation of these ideals as an appropriate mode of behaviour the contemporary gentleman was reflected not only in the art and culture of the period, but in its intellectual and political life as well. In this readable and often witty volume, Mark Girouard traces the impact of the revival of chivalry in all its various aspects including politics, sport, literature, arts, love and war. -- in the concluding chapters, he poignantly shows how the very concepts of glory and honour that made war acceptable, and even desirable, dissolved in the trenches of World War I. Rubbing of the book edges with light age toning of the text block edges. A couple of marks to the front text edge. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with fading to the back strip. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. VIII, 312 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Sociology & Culture; Gender Studies; ISBN: 0300027397. ISBN/EAN: 9780300027396. Inventory No: 0289440. . 9780300027396
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0289440
- Title
- The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman
- Author
- Girouard, Mark
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300027397
- ISBN 13
- 9780300027396
- Publisher
- Yale Univ Pr
- Place of Publication
- Newhaven and London
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- BZDB2 CHIVALRY GREAT BRITAIN HISTORY SOCIAL Sociology & Culture; Gender Studies; Various Unbranded ISBN: 0300027397 EAN: 9780300027396 Girouard, Mark The Return to Camelot: Chivalry and the English Gentleman
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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