Chapter M

_Mail-armour_, various descriptions of, I. 78-81.
Mail and plate, 82.
Mail worn in all ages of chivalry, 84.

_Manny_, Sir Walter, succours the Countess of Mountfort, I. 245.
His bravery at Calais, II. 18.
An amorous knight, 27.
His kindness to two brother-knights, 29.
His joyous adventurousness, 30.
Other feats, 31, &c.
His filial piety, 34.
Gentleness of his disposition, 38.
His high rank in England, 39.
His sageness, 40.
His liberality, 41.
Founds the Charter-house, 42.

_March_, Countess of, story of her chivalric heroism in defending the
castle of Dunbar, I. 237.

_Marche_, Thomas de la, his duel with John de Visconti, II.

_Martel_, nature of that weapon, I. 68.

_Marzia_, degl' Ubaldini, story of her heroic deportment at Cesena, I.
249.

_Maule_, its qualities, I. 68.
Not a perfectly chivalric weapon, 72.

_Maximilian_ the only Emperor of Germany of a chivalric character, II.
315.
His joust with a French knight, ib.

_Medicine_, knowlege of, possessed by dames and damsels, I. 186.
Faith of knights in medicines administered by women, 187.

_Medici_, Lorenzo de, won a prize at a tournament, I. 267.

_Men-at-arms_, manner of their fighting, and description of their
armour, I. 107.

_Mercenaries_, their use in the French army, II. 209.

_Mercy_, order of our Lady of, reason of the establishing of the, I.
354.

_Merlo_, Sir John, a Spanish knight, account of his jousting in
Burgundy, II. 297-300.

_Meyrick_, Dr., character of his critical inquiry into ancient armour,
I. 79. note, 101. note, 114. note.

_Michael_ of the Wing, purposes of the establishing of this order, I.
356.

_Milan_, Sir Galeas, Duke of, his courtesy to the Earl of Derby, II.
330.

_Milanese_ armour, excellence of. See _Italian_ armour.

_Missals_, the merits of, decided by battle, II. 288.

_Minstrels_, description of them and their art in connection with
chivalry, I. 166, &c.
Their chivalric importance in Italy, II. 327.

_Molai_, Jacques de, appoints a successor to his authority over the
Templars, I. 140.

_Montferrand_, Regnaud de, the romantic excess of his love for chivalric
honours, I. 59.

_Montglaive_, Guerin de, I. 30.

_Montpensier_, Henry de Bourbon, his death in a tournament, II. 226.

_Mountfort_, Jane de, tale of her heroism, I. 239.

_Music_, ladies in chivalry were taught, I. 183, 184.

N.

_Naples_, chivalry at, II. 331.
Ceremonies of chivalric inauguration in, 332.

_Navaret_, battle of, II. 189.

_Nobility_, education of English, in the sixteenth century, II. 115.

_Normans_, nature of their chivalry, I. 383.
Plant chivalry in Italy, II. 331.

O.

_Oak_, in Navarre, order of, I. 374.

_Obedience_, dignity of, I. 6.

_Olympic_ games, their inferiority to the games of chivalry, I. 259.

_Orbigo_, account of a singular passage of arms at, II. 292-296.

_Orders_, the religious, their general principles, I. 333.
Qualifications for them, 336.
Use of the religious, 337.
Military orders, ib.
Dormant orders, 366.
Singular titles of, 371.

_Ordonnance_, companies of, established by Charles VII., their
unchivalric nature, II. 209.

_Orleans_, Duke of, his satire on the heaviness of English armour, I.
91.

_Orris_, Michael de, the romantic and chivalric nature of his love, I.
322.

_Ostrich_ feathers, whether originally a crest or a device of the Black
Prince, I. 101, &c.

_Otterbourn_, description of that chivalric battle, II. 76, &c.

_Oxenford_, Earl of, amusing story of his absurd pride, I. 36.

_Oxford_, Edward Vere, Earl of, his coxcombry and romantic gallantry,
II. 150.

P.

_Page_, the first gradation in chivalry, I. 30.
At what age a boy became one, ib.
His duties, 31.
Personal service, ib.
Taught love, religion, and war, 32.
His martial exercises, 35.
(See _Saintré_.)
Combats of pages, II. 208.
State of English pages during the sixteenth century, 149.

_Palaye_, Sainte, character of his Memoirs of ancient Chivalry, Preface.

_Paleaz_, Martin, a Spanish knight, his story, II. 271.

_Passage_ of arms, what it was, I. 327.
Error of the author of Ivanhoe concerning, ib. note.
Description of one in Burgundy, 328.;
and at Orbigo, in Spain, II. 292.

_Patriotism_, not necessarily a knightly virtue, I. 139.
But encouraged by the religious and military orders, 335, 336.

_Peacock_, festival and vow of the, I. 177.
Mode of dressing the, 178. note.

_Pelayo_, his history, II. 242.

_Pembroke_, Earl, stories of, II. 33. 52-58.

_Penitents_ of love, a singular set of fanatics in France, I. 211.

_Pennon_, the streamer at end of a lance, I. 66.

_Perceval_, Mr. George, excellence of his history of Italy, _Preface_.
Cited, I. 102. note. II. 218. 325. note. 326-328.

_Percy._ See _Hotspur_.

_Perfumes_, fondness of people in the middle ages for, I. 194. note.

_Philippa_, Queen, her heroism, I. 236.

_Plate-armour_, description of, I. 83.
Its inconveniences I. 84. 102. note.

_Peter_ the Cruel, his history, II. 181, &c.

_Politeness_ of knights in battle, I. 135.

_Pride_ of knights ridiculed by Cervantes, I. 393.

_Prisoners_, when made by knights, delivered to the squires, I. 41.
Curious pride of knights concerning, 138.
Ladies were never made prisoners, 227.

_Pursuivant_ of love, the favourite title of a knight, I. 202.

_Pye_, Lord Saint, his skill in jousting, I. 309, &c.

Q.

_Quinones_, Sueno de, account of his holding a passage of arms at
Orbigo, in Spain, II. 292.

_Quintain_, nature of that amusement, I. 44.

R.

_Ramsey_, William de, the chivalric nature of his death, I. 147.

_Ransoming_, the general principles of, in chivalric times, I. 136.

_Rapier_, an Italian weapon, II. 135.
Fighting with it supersedes the sword and buckler, ib.

_Religion_, nature of the knight's, I. 146. 150.
Brevity of his devotions, ib.
Curious instance of it, 147.
The chivalric glory of a man being shriven in his helmet, ib.
Intolerance of the knight, 148.
His ferocity against Pagans and Saracens, ib.
His idle impiety at a tournament, 266.
Maintained opinions by the sword, 349.

_Rienzi_, Cola di, instance of his coxcombry, II. 335. note.

_Richard_ I., description of his battle-axe, I. 69.
His chivalric character, 391.

_Rivers_, mystery of, meaning of the phrase, I. 29.

_Romance_ of chivalry displayed in the tournament, I. 266.
Great estimation of romances in chivalric times, I. 174.
Beneficial effects of, on chivalry, II. 170.
Their popularity in England during the sixteenth century, 100.
Effects on Italy, 337.

_Roncesvalles_, chivalric march through the valley of, by the soldiers
of the Black Prince, II. 189.
Question regarding battles in, at the time of Charlemagne, 244.

_Round Table_, when and where held in England, II. 3.
Number of knights attached to the fabulous, I. 376. note.

_Roy_, Raynolde du, a good jouster, chivalric reason for it, I. 312.

_Rybamount_, courtesy of Edward III. to Lord Eustace of, II. 19.

S.

_Sageness_, meaning of this old word, I. 129.

_Saintré_, Jean de, curious account of the education in love of this
knight, I. 32.

_Scales_, Anthony Woodville, Lord, his joust with the Bastard of
Burgundy, I. 314.

_Scarf_, ladies', on the knight, I. 85. 89. 101.

_Scotland_, form of chivalric oath in, II. 70.
Chivalric circumstances, 71.
Frenchmen's opinions of Scotsmen's chivalry, 73.
Reasons for Englishmen's dislike of wars in, 75.
Courtesies between English and Scottish knights, 75.
See _James_ IV.

_Shield_, sentiments of honour connected with the, I. 77.
Its various shapes, 78.

_Sidney_, Sir Philip, his chivalric character, II. 126.
His Arcadia, 127.
Circumstances of his life, 128.
Remarkable grief at his death, 129.
Uncommon kindness of the Sidney family, ib., and note.
His description of the nature of chivalric courage, I. 130. note.
His apology for ladies studying surgery, I. 188.

_Sir_, its title in chivalry, I. 31.

_Skottowe_, Mr., excellence of his work on Shakspeare, I. 209. note.

_Smithfield_, anciently the principal tilting ground in London, I. 269.
Used for other purposes, note, ib.
Its state in the sixteenth century evidence of the degeneracy of
chivalry, II. 136. note.

_Spain_, religious orders in, account of, I. 344.
General nature of Spanish chivalry, II. 230.
Religion and heroism, ib.
Gallantry, 231. 289.
Curious blending of Spanish and Oriental manners, 232.
Beneficial effects from the union of Moors and Spaniards, 233.
Religious toleration in Spain, 235.
Loves and friendships of Moors and Christians, ib.
Peculiarities of Spanish chivalry, 236.
Forms of knighthood, 237.
Various classes of knights, 238.
Spanish knights travel to distant countries, asserting the beauty of
Spanish maidens, 296.
Extinction of Spanish chivalry, 301.
The knight's idolatry of women outlives this extinction, 302.
Spanish poetry, 241.
Story of Spanish manners 271. 277.
State of Spanish chivalry after the death of the Cid, II. 287.

_Spenser_, his Fairy Queen supports chivalry, II. 126.
Object of the poem, ib.
Poem cited, passim.

_Spices_, fondness of knights for them, I. 169. note. 282.

_Spurs_, buckling them on, a part of chivalric inauguration ceremonies,
I. 53.
Suspended in churches as memorials of victory and honour, II. 305.
note.

_Squire_, his personal and chivalric duties, I. 35, 36. 39.
Never sat at the same table with knights, 36.
Story of a high-spirited squire, 37.
His dress, 39.
Various sorts of squires, 40.
Spenser's picture of one, ib.
His duties in battle, 41.
Carried the pennon of a knight, ib.
His gallantry, 41. 45.
His martial exercises, 43.
Undertook military expeditions, 45.
His services in the battle-field, 41. 46.
Nature of his armour, 107.
Story of the boldness of a, I. 128.
English squires wore silver collars, II. 8.
See _Bovines_.

_Squirehood_, the third class of the general order of chivalry, I. 23.
Of whom it was formed, 24.

_Stephen_, his courtesy to Matilda, I. 153.
Important effects of chivalry in his reign, I. 389.

_Stocking_, order of the, I. 379.
Origin of the phrase Blue Stocking, 380.
This contemptuous expression no longer applicable to Englishwomen,
381.

_Stothard_, Mrs. Charles, her Tour in Normandy cited, I. 241. note.

_Surcoats_, their materials and purposes, I. 85.
Of the military orders, 86.

_Surgery_, knowledge of, possessed by ladies in chivalric times, I. 188.

_Surry_, Earl of, incorrectness of the common tale regarding, II. 114.

_Swinton_, Sir John, his fine heroism, I. 56.
Another story of the heroism of a, 128.

_Sword_, girding of it on the knight a part of the chivalric
inauguration ceremonies, I. 11. 63.
The favourite weapon of the knight, I. 70.
Swords had names and mottoes; the cross hilt; the handle contained the
knight's seal; Spanish swords, 70-77.
Story of the Cid's favourite swords, II. 279.

T.

_Tabard_, description of, I. 85.

_Templars_, Knights, extravagance of their ascetism, I. 324. note.
Errors of the author of Waverley regarding, 337. note.
The valiancy of the, 338.
Succession of Grand Masters from the persecution to the present time,
340, &c.
Present state of, 342.
Their importance in Spain, 241.

_Thistle_, order of the, I. 363.
Its absurd pretensions to antiquity, ib.

_Thomson_, Anthony Todd, value of his botanical lectures, I. 315. note.

_Tournaments_, superiority of, to Grecian games, I. 259.
Origin of, 260.
Objects, 261., and notes.
Qualifications for tourneying, 263. 265. 272.
Who tourneyed, 264.
Ceremonies of the, ib.
Procession to the, 268.
Nature of tourneying weapons, 270.
The preparation, 273.
The encounter, 274.
English regulations concerning, 279. note.
Opposed by the Popes, 286. note.
Their frequency in the reign of Edward III., II. 2.
Time of their death in England, 137.
Female tournament in Germany, 314.

_Tristrem_, Romance of, I. 26.