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Maurice Keen

Maurice Keen is an emeritus fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, where he was tutor in medieval history from 1961 to 2000. His books include Chivalry (1984) and Origins of the English Gentleman (2002).

Selected bibliography

  • The Origins of the English Gentleman (2002)
  • Medieval Warfare: A History (editor) (1999)
  • Nobles, Knights and Men-at-Arms in the Middle Ages (1996)
  • The Penguin History of Medieval England (1991)
  • Some Late Medieval Views on Nobility (1986)
  • Chivalry (1984)
  • England in the Later Middle Ages: A Political History (1972)
  • The Outlaws of Medieval Legend (1961)

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subscriber-only content Hoo sto ho sto mon amy · 15 December 2005

  • A Knight’s Own Book of Chivalry by Geoffroi de Charny, translated by Elspeth Kennedy  Buy this book
  • The Master of Game: The Oldest English Book on Hunting by Edward, Duke of York  Buy this book

subscriber-only content Freebooter · 5 May 2005

  • Hawkwood: Diabolical Englishman by Frances Stonor Saunders  Buy this book

subscriber-only content Why did Lady Mary care about William Cragh? · 5 August 2004

  • The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory and Colonialism in the Middle Ages by Robert Bartlett

subscriber-only content The Gold Mines of Kremnica · 20 February 2003

  • Power and Profit: The Merchant in Medieval Europe by Peter Spufford

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 not available in archive The Men from God Knows Where · 27 April 2000

  • The Hundred Years War, Vol. II: Trial by Fire by Jonathan Sumption