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Twelfth-Century Knights. 13 th -Century Knight (Crusader. Dubbing ceremony, ca. 1250 Matthew Paris’s Chronicle. Dubbing ceremony, ca. 1450. Knighting Ceremony. Knights in battle (Maciejowski Bible, French, ca. 1250). Siege and battle (Maciejowski Bible, French, c. 1250. Tournament 1233.
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Courtliness in the Codex Manesse • The Codex Manesse or Heiderberger Liederhandschrift is an illuminated manuscript copied in Zurich between 1305-1344 containing love songs by German troubadors (Minnesänger). Each of the 137 poets is portrayed as an idealized knight. The Codex Manesse is a picture book for fin amour and early fourteenth-century conceptions of courtliness