The Origins of Courtliness
Civilizing Trends and the Formation of Courtly Ideals, 939-1210
C. Stephen Jaeger
"The most original contribution to the ideological history of medieval aristocratic mores that has appeared."—American Historical Journal
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book
Argues that the origins of courtliness lie in the German courts, their courtier class, and the education for court service in the tenth and eleventh centuries.