Household Knights, Chamber Knights and King’s Knights: The Development of the Royal Knight in Fourteenth-Century England
(2018)
Journal Article
Hefferan, M. (2019). Household Knights, Chamber Knights and King’s Knights: The Development of the Royal Knight in Fourteenth-Century England. Journal of Medieval History, 45(1), 80-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/03044181.2018.1551811
The fourteenth century witnessed a considerable change in the way in which knights were retained in royal service in England. The system of retaining ‘household knights’, which had been in operation since at least the twelfth century, gave way to a n... Read More about Household Knights, Chamber Knights and King’s Knights: The Development of the Royal Knight in Fourteenth-Century England.