Research analyst, Ashurst Morris Crisp (London law firm)
Useful window upon aristocratic culture ... provides useful insights into this key institution in the determination of chivalric culture in England, including a valuable section on attitudes towards the Garter and its traditions in vernacular literary texts. Years Work in English Studies Solidly researched ... likely to be consulted as a reference concerning the institutional and political aspects of the order in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is an important work of use to historians of late medieval England. History Collins has produced a succinct account which no student of the political, martial and chivalric world of the late middle ages can ignore. History Literary scholars will learn more about the medieval Order of the Garter from this book than from any other, and they will profit from the expertise of a historian. Medium Aevum
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