Ramon
Lull's Book of Knighthood and Chivalryby Ramon Lull, Brian R. Price (translator)
ISBN: 1-891448-03-X / July 2001
HC 136 pages / $27.95
The ideals of the medieval knight have
been much misunderstood - Hollywood movies, Victorian novelists, and writers
of modern fiction have distorted what our ancestors thought and felt. Now
the words of an actual retired medieval knight are being read again.
Ramon Lull's classic 14th Century work was quite influential in its day, and has become so once again for modern-day students of chivalry. Included with his text is the anonymous work "The Order of Chivalry" - another text well-known to knights of the late Middle Ages.
Brian R. Price has updated this text and presented it in a beautifully crafted presentation that supports the text's value as a contemplative work. Having sold several thousand of the translations in monograph format, this hardcover edition is perfect for re-enactors, students, and medieval enthusiasts.
Reviews of Ramon Lull's Book of Knighthood and Chivalry:
"HOW TO BE A KNIGHT - WRITTEN BY A KNIGHT FOR OTHER KNIGHTS! - Ramon Lull's 14th century "Book of Knighthood & Chivalry," originally written in Catalan, was the most influential of the medieval "knightly handbooks." Encapsulating the now-famous story of a young squire on his way to be knighted who loses his way, in the process encountering an old hermit. The old hermit turns out to be an old knight par excellence, who is stunned that the squire knows little of what he is about to get into. …The hermit then proceeds to explain the mythical history, and duties both physical and ethical, that pertain to the office of knighthood. In the end, he gives him a 'small book' containing the teachings - the Book of Knighthood & Chivalry itself!
This is a fascinating work, a literary accomplishment that
influenced all subsequent handbooks on the subject. Translated into many languages,
this edition is a modernized version from the 1494 William Caxton translation
from the French, updated conservatively for readability." - Amazon.com
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