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a c k n o w l e d g m e n t s Part of the attraction of Jean de Saintré is that it is written by an authority in different specialties—chivalry and tournaments, heraldry and dress—and one of the great pleasures of this project, for us, has been exploring these different, and demanding, fields. Translating required us to consult a number of specialists in the United States and the United Kingdom, and we are extremely grateful for their expertise, patience, and commitment. Jonathan D’Arcy Boulton, Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, has been an invaluable informant on the vocabulary and formalities of heraldry: not just the blazons themselves, but also in identifying their holders and pointing out La Sale’s errors. Dr. Ralph Moffat, Curator of European Arms and Armour at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, has been a mine of information on arms and armor and tournament practice: his guidance has been essential, and like Professor D’Arcy Boulton, he has guarded us from a multitude of misunderstandings. On medieval dress, we have been helped by two authorities: Dr. Rebecca Dixon, Lecturer in French at Liverpool University, and Professor Sarah-Jane Heller, of the Department of French and Italian at Ohio State University. Both of them were able to identify items of clothing, and to suggest appropriate translations. On warfare and crusading, and on the participants in Saintré’s crusade, we received considerable help from Michael Prestwich, Emeritus Professor of History at Durham University; from Dr. Len Scales, also of the History Department at Durham University; from Dr. Godfried Croenen of the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Liverpool. Richard W. Kaeuper, Professor of History at the University of Rochester, advised us on the regulation of chivalric violence in Saintré, and Barbara Gold, Edward North Professor of Classics at Hamilton College, was most helpful in clarifying La Sale’s Latin translations and paraphrases . It has been a pleasure to work with them, and we are deeply grateful for their help; any remaining errors are entirely our responsibility. We are also very grateful to the Burgess Chair at Hamilton College for generously subsidizing the cost of manuscript reproductions. ...

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