Note 1 — Chapter I
Reading edition
Taine: History of Eng. Lit., Van Laun's trans. chap. 3, pt. ii. [2] "Hist. of Crusades," p. 11; Sir E. Strachey, Introd. to "Morte d'Arthur." [3] Mill's "Chivalry." [4] Quoted in Green's "Short History of the English People." p. 224. [5] Warton's "Hist. of English Poetry," Dissert. i. [6] Quoted by Warton, "Hist. of Poetry," Dis. i. [7] Froissart's "Chronicles," v. ii, p. 248, Johnes' Trans. [8] Lecky's "History of Morals," chap. 5, vol. 2. [9] Scott's "Essay on Chivalry." [10] "Amadis of Gaul," Southey's ed. vol. 1, p. 40. This romance belongs to a late period of romantic fiction, but the passage cited is a good illustration of mediæval sentiment. [11] Sir J. Barnes' "History of Edward III." [12] PWright's "Manners and Sentiments in the Middle Ages," p. 276.