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Author: Favyn, André.
Title: The theater of honour and knight-hood. Or A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian vvorld Containing the originall of all monarchies, kingdomes, and estates, with their emperours, kings, princes, and gouernours; their beginnings, continuance, and successions, to this present time. The first institution of armes, emblazons, kings, heralds, and pursuiuants of armes: with all the ancient and moderne military orders of knight-hood in euery kingdome. Of duelloes or single combates ... Likewise of ioustes, tourneyes, and tournaments, and orders belonging to them. Lastly of funerall pompe, for emperours, kings, princes, and meaner persons, with all the rites and ceremonies fitting for them. VVritten in French, by Andrew Fauine, Parisian: and aduocate in the High Court of Parliament. M.DC.XX.
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Print source: The theater of honour and knight-hood. Or A compendious chronicle and historie of the whole Christian vvorld Containing the originall of all monarchies, kingdomes, and estates, with their emperours, kings, princes, and gouernours; their beginnings, continuance, and successions, to this present time. The first institution of armes, emblazons, kings, heralds, and pursuiuants of armes: with all the ancient and moderne military orders of knight-hood in euery kingdome. Of duelloes or single combates ... Likewise of ioustes, tourneyes, and tournaments, and orders belonging to them. Lastly of funerall pompe, for emperours, kings, princes, and meaner persons, with all the rites and ceremonies fitting for them. VVritten in French, by Andrew Fauine, Parisian: and aduocate in the High Court of Parliament. M.DC.XX.
Favyn, André., Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633, attributed name.

London: Printed by VVilliam Iaggard, dwelling in Barbican, and are there to be sold, 1623.
Alternate titles: Le théâtre d'honneur et de chevalerie. English
Subject terms:
Precedence -- Early works to 1800.
Orders of knighthood and chivalry -- Early works to 1800.
Heraldry -- Early works to 1800.
Europe -- Nobility -- Early works to 1800.
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Table of Contents
THE INSTITVTION FOR THE SACRING AND CROWNING THE MOST CHRI∣STIAN KINGS OF FRANCE. AND Of the Originall, as also Ancient Antiquity of the French: The Excellency and Precedency of the Kings and Kingdomes of France, beyond all the rest of Christendome. The second Booke.
OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD, which haue bin Instituted by the Most-Christian Kings of France, and by Princes of their Blood. The Third Booke.
Chapters, Names, Sir-names, Qualities and Armes: Of the Cardinals, Prelates, Commanders, and Officers of the Order of the Holy-Ghost. From the first in∣stitution thereof, vntill this present yeare; One Thousand, Sixe hundred and Nineteene. CHAP. 9.
book 6
Of those Orders of Knighthood, which (from time to time) haue beene created and Instituted in Allemaigne, or Germany: The Seauenth Booke.
ORDERS OF such as haue bin Instituted in the King∣dome of ITALIE. The eight Booke.
A Briefe Historicall Relation, Concerning the sundry Orders of the Holy-Land: And likewise of the East and West Judiaes. The Ninth Booke.
The Tenth Booke is deuided into seuerall Tracts.
The Ordenance consulted and agreed on, concerning Duells and Combates: And the Ceremonies, to bee obserued and Kept, in Combates at the Sharpe and vtmost extremity. CHAP. IIII.