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Cairns, Huntington, 189 n. 13

Calepine, Sir (in FQ ), 85 , 90 -92, 96 , 98 -100, 178 nn. 18,20, 180 n. 34

Calidor, Sir (in FQ ), xv , 83 -90, 94 , 96 , 98 -99, 176 n. 4

Callicles (in Plato's Gorgias ), 4 , 10

Calogrenant (in Y ), 5

Calvin, Jean, 13 , 181 n. 8, 182 n. 8

Camelot, 22

Caradoc, King (in L ), 160 n. 12

Carman, J. Neale, 163 n. 31

Castelnuovo (town in Italy), 61 -62

Castiglione, Baldassare, 59 , 75

Castle of Perseverance , 118

castles: "in the air," 133 ;

disappearing, 116 , 130 -142;

exorcism of, 118 , 127 ;

haunted, 5 , 121 , 127 , 129 ;

as hell, 146 n. 5;

historical rise and decline of, 15 , 130 -131, 133 ;

and inns, xvi , 136 , 138 ;

in FQ , 132 , 138 ;

as metaphor of the soul, 188 n. 9;

as psychic projections, 132 ;

Shakespeare's use of word, 133 -138;

as sign of dominion, 133 ;

"sign of the," 138 , 192 n. 23;

symbolism of, 32 , 71 , 88 , 90 , 93 , 118 , 125 , 127 -128, 130 -132, 134 , 138 , 143 , 156 n. 38, 158 n. 38, 188 n. 7

castles, named: Agincourt, 136 ;

Beaure-paire, 6 ;

Berkeley Castle, 133 -135;

Castle Cruel, xiv , 39 -57, 73 ;

Castle of Couples (unnamed in FQ 4.1), 63 , 66 , 79 , 171 n. 24, 176 n. 4;

Castle of Maidens, 25 , 102 , 146 n. 5;

Casde of

Most Ill Adventure (Pesme Aventure), 5 , 17 , 147 n. 6;

Castle of Pendragon, 105 ;

Castle of Tears (Chastel de Plors in T ), 59 , 158 n. 38 (see also Weeping Castle);

Castle Orgulous, 24 ;

Crudor's and Briana's Castle (FQ ), 85 -89, 171 n. 24, 176 n. 4;

Cyprus (in Othello ), 143 ;

Dolorous Chartre (Dolorous Tower), 155 n. 29, 160 n. 12;

Dolorous Guard, 153 n. 21, 155 n. 29;

Dunsinane, 125 -129;

Escalon le Tenebros, 155 n. 29;

Estroite Marche, 146 n. 6, 155 n. 29;

Forres, 123 -125;

Gloucester's Castle, 142 ;

House of Care (FQ ), 133 ;

Inverness, 119 -123;

Joyous Guard, 51 -52, 155 n. 29, 163 n. 31;

Malbecco's Castle (FQ ), 178 n. 18;

Malecasta's Castle Joyous (FQ ), 91 , 171 n. 24, 174 n. 59, 175 n. 4, 177 -178n. 15;

Munera's Castle, 171 n. 24;

Palazo Zoioso (OI ), 52 , 175 n. 4;

Passaige Perilleux, 72 ;

Pesme Aventure, 5 , 17 , 169 n. 20 (see also Castle of Most Ill Adventure);

Pintaduel, 155 n. 29;

Pollente's bridge (FQ ), 84 , 175 n. 3;

Pollente's Castle (FQ ), 159 n. 10;

Sir Turpine's Castle of the Ford (FQ ), 84 , 91 -93, 99 , 101 -103, 171 n. 24, 175 n. 4;

Tower of London, 136 ;

Tower of Tristan (Rocca di Tristano ), xv , 58 -80, 104 , 143 ;

Weeping Castle, xiv , 10 , 16 -17, 18 -36, 71 , 105

Catalano, Michele, 63 , 167 n. 19, 170 n. 23

Cavallo, Jo Ann, 43 -44, 53 , 161 n. 18

Cavell, Stanley, 105

Caxton, William, 19 , 34 -35, 154 n. 28

Cerberus, 42

Certeau, Michel de, 74 , 80 , 185 n. 25

Chambers, E. K., 36

Charlemagne, 74

Charles V (Holy Roman Emperor), 75

Chartres, school of, 146 n. 5

Chastel, André, 118 , 173 nn. 44,45, 187 n. 6

chivalry, 131 , 136 ;

and good customs, 129 , 169 n. 20;

and Hotspur, 135 ;

and individual prowess, 16 ;

means for reforming foul customs, 20 (see also customs, foul: reformation of);

and natural law, 24 ;

represented by Tristram, 32 ;

as spiritual condition, 34

Chrétien de Troyes, xv , 11 , 17 , 122 , 147 n. 6, 147 n. 7;

and chivalric romance, xiv ;

and oral law, 15 ;

originator of custom of the castle topos, xiii , 10 ;

patrons of, 23

Chrétien de Troyes, works of: Erec and Enide , 6 , 148 n. 9, 154 n. 22;

The Knight of the Cart (Le Chevalier de la charrete ), 153 n. 21;

Perceval (Le Conte du Graal ), 169 ;

Yvain (Le Chevalier au Lion ), 5 -7, 30 , 156 n. 34, 169 n. 20

Cicero: De Inventione , 149 n. 24;

De Legibus , 39 -40, 56

civil law, and Ariosto, xv , 60 , 118 , 168 n. 20

civility, 106 , 112 , 129 , 140 ;

and custom of the castle, xiii , xv -xvi, 16 ;

definition, problem of, 110 , 116 ;

and eloquence, 31 , 52 , 69 , 80 , 89 , 101 ;

non-imitative representation of, 85 , 95 -96, 178 n. 27;

and repression, 128 ;

and sexual aggression, 178 n. 15;

spatial definition of, 178 n. 22;

uneasiness of, 87

Clamadeu (in Perceval ), 6

Clodione (in OF ), 69 -71, 73 , 157 n. 38

Coke, Sir Edward, 117 , 178 n. 16, 187 n. 3

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 133

Colin Clout (in FQ ), 96 , 179 n. 27

colonialism, xv , 32 , 54 , 85 , 88 , 93 , 138

Columbus, Christopher, 138

conquistadors, 56 , 138 -140

Cornelius, Roberta Douglas, 150 n. 36

Cortés, Hernán, 138 -140

courtesy, 83 -103;

contest of, 30 , 84 , 102 , 140 , 143 , 156 n. 34 (see also romance: contest of courtesy)

courtly love, 45 , 157 n. 38

Crane, R. S., 126 , 185 n. 26, 190 n. 25

Culp, Dorothy Woodward, 176 n. 4

custom, xv , 3 , 12 -13, 15 -16, 20 , 74 , 94 , 109 , 114 , 147 n. 9;

always old and always new, 21 , 110 -111, 117 , 170 n. 20, 186 n. 29;

arbitrariness of, 89 -90, 106 , 109 , 114 , 116 , 175 n. 3;

of assassination, 188 -189n. 13;

and authority of the past, 10 , 16 , 110 ;

and change, 7 ;

and discourse of chivalry, 29 , 35 ;

of drinking, 107 , 109 , 143 , 160 n. 16, 193 n. 1;

in Hamlet , 107 -109;

on hats, 109 -110;

idealization of, 22 , 60 , 77 , 84 -85, 109 ;

and ideology and social control, 8 , 13 , 96 , 109 ;

immemorial, 7 , 21 , 117 ;

as justification for behavior, 4 ;

of kissing, 94 -95, 113 ;

local, 9 ;

of London, 181 n. 4;

and moral knowledge, 11 , 26 -27, 69 ;

"mortal," 126 ;

narrative and dramatic use of, 14 ;

and natural law, 7 ;

oral and written, 15 , 21 -22, 26 , 168 n. 20;

as pedagogy, 95 , 112 , 114 ;

and reason, 14 ;

reformation of, 16 , 36 , 88 , 89 , 102 -103, 108 , 116 , 184 n. 19;

and relativity of truth, 182 -183n. 3;

as rhetorical topic, 111 ;

in Roman law,

Shakespeare's first use of word, 113 ;

in Spenser's View , 180 n. 32;

of succession, 123 , 128 ;

"a thing of," 124 ;

vagueness of, 97 , 115 .

See also custom of the castle; customary law; vagueness

custom, foul, xiv , 5 , 15 , 28 , 31 , 35 , 86 -87, 91 , 104 , 136 , 168 n. 20;

against chivalry, 20 ;

despised and defended by Tristram, 25 ;

"fordoing," 16 ;

maintenance by fair means, 19 , 139 ;

monster of, 52 -53;

as oxymoron, 24 ;

perpetuation of, 9 ;

as recent innovation, 148 n. 13;

reflecting misfortunes of lovers, 153 n. 21;

reformation of, 40 , 52 , 84 , 90 , 101 , 103 , 113 , 117 , 120 -128, 148 ;

and "rotten Privilege," 181 n. 4;

self-sustaining, 28 ;

and slavery, 139 .

See also beauty contest; jousting

custom of the castle, xiv , 16 -17, 19 -20, 32 , 40 , 67 -68, 172 n. 33;

allegory of social change, 24 ;

in Amadis of Gaul , 112 , 139 ;

artistic consistency of, 15 ;

conforming power of and constraints imposed by, 6 , 20 , 25 , 27 -29, 31 , 66 , 74 , 102 ;

criticism and literary history of xiii , xv , 24 -25, 59 , 84 , 154 n. 22, 175 -176n. 4;

defamiliarizing social practice, 11 ;

defined, 10 , 11 , 78 , 90 , 106 , 116 ;

elements of, 10 , 15 , 99 , 113 , 136 ;

ethical function of, 9 -10;

fictional origins told of, 8 , 27 , 41 , 67 , 70 , 72 , 74 , 99 , 136 ;

in FQ (other examples), 84 , 91 , 159 n. 10, 171 n. 24, 174 n. 59;

and ghost fear, 104 , 106 ;

keeper of, 19 -20, 28 , 64 , 73 , 113 , 121 , 124 , 128 , 137 , 139 , 176 n. 4;

and moral knowledge, xiv -xv, 5 , 85 , 89 ;

in MD (other examples), 24 , 101 -102, 105 ;

and narrative, 11 , 90 , 94 -95;

and property redistribution, 6 , 125 , 147 n. 6;

and public opinion, 100 , 103 ;

and Shakespeare's imagery, 113 , 119 , 141 ;

and time, 8 , 17 ;

in prose Tristan , 105 ;

Tristram's freedom and, 31

customary law, 7 , 21 , 39 , 116 ;

defined by Thomas Wilson, 12 ;

dependence on will of the people, 9 ;

from history, 7 ;

moral arguments as basis for, 21 ;

versus positive law, 21 ;

and use of the past to justify the future, 118 .

See also custom

customs, named: Custom of the Boiling Spring (Y ), 147 n. 6;

Custom of the White Stag (Erec ), 6 , 147 n. 9;

Joy of the Court (Erec ), 148 , 154 n. 22