Chapter I

_Inauguration_, ceremony of, into knighthood, when and where performed,
I. 50.
Its circumstances, 50-54.

_Ingelbertes_, Saint, joust at, I. 302-314.

_Ipomydon_, romance of, I. 28.

_Isabella_, the Lady, a heroine of chivalry, I. 235.

_Italian_ armour, excellence of, I. 105.;
II. 293. note, 330.

_Italy_, but little martial chivalry in, II. 324.
Chivalric education, 321.
Changes of the military art in, 325.
Chivalry in the north of, 329.
Esteem in which the word of knighthood was held, ib.
Chivalry in the south of, 331.
Mode of creating knights in, 334.
Religious and military orders in, 335.
Political use of knighthood, 336.
Folly of an Italian mob regarding knighthood, ib.
School of Italian Generals, 328.
Chivalric sports in, 338.

_Ivanhoe_, errors of the author of, regarding Anglo-Saxon and Norman
chivalry, I. 383. note;
and concerning the Knights Templars, 387. note;
and also concerning the nature and names of chivalric sports, 327.

J.

_James_, Saint, his popularity in Spain, I. 345. note; II. 230.
Order of, I. 344.

_James II._, of Arragon, gallantry of one of his decrees, II. 289.

_James IV._, of Scotland, chivalric and romantic circumstances of his
life, II. 118-124.

_Jealousy_, no part of chivalric love, I. 207.

_Joanna_ of Naples, a chivalric anecdote regarding, II. 352.

_Joust_, nature of the, to the utterance, I. 289.
For love of ladies, 291.
Various, à l'outrance, 289-297.
A plaisance, 297, &c.
Romance of, 324.; II. 215.
Use of jousts, I. 330.

K.

_Knights_, their privileges, I. 17.
Expensive equipment of, necessary to the dignity, 16.
Preparations for knighthood, 48.
His war-cry and escutcheon, 18.
Qualifications, 19.
Gentle birth not regarded when valour conspicuous, 22.
By whom created, ib.
(_For his education, see Squire and Page._)
Often turned priests, I. 14.
Associations of, in defence of the ladies, 223-225.
Stipendiary knights in England, 385.
No resemblance between and the equites of Rome, 14.
Made in the battle-field, and in mines, 56-59.
Knight of honour, description of, 267.
English wore golden collars, II. 8.
Anxiety to receive the order from great characters, 55. and note.
No knights made on compulsion, after the days of Charles I., 158.
Degradation of, in the reign of James I., 157.

_Knot_, order of the, I. 358.

_Knowles_, Sir Robert, remarkable story of the heroism of one of his
knights, I. 124.