Honour, Shame and the Fourth Crusade

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ID11892807
AuthorsNatasha Hodgson (Nottingham Trent University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume39
Issue2
Pages220-239
Publication date2013-03-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Medieval History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03044181.2013.779297
OpenAlexW2012885436
LanguageEN
Citations received2

This article evaluates how far chivalric notions of honour and shame had become associated with crusading by the early thirteenth century. It stems from a wider investigation into how crusading helped to forge standards for knightly behaviour and influenced the development of chivalric ideals. The Fourth Crusade serves as a focused case study, and this article examines the significance of its controversial course and conclusion as well as how two lay authors, Geoffrey of Villehardouin and Robert of Clari, used ideas about honour and shame in their narratives. It takes a close look at terminology, exploring a variety of expressions for concepts of honour and shame, and highlights the contexts in which they were used: whether to describe military encounters, the pressure on social bonds, or leadership roles. It argues that by the turn of the thirteenth century, crusading played a significant rather than extraneous role in developing ideas about chivalric conduct and proper social behaviour

Archaeology · Art · Epistemology · Honour · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Shame · Sociology · Terminology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades · Philosophy

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