Order of the Star of India of India and other flags used to represent British India. The order was the fifth most senior British order of chivalry, following the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Order of St Patrick and Order of the Bath. It was the senior order of chivalry associated with the British Raj; junior to it was the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, and there was also, for women only, the Imperial Order of the Crown of India. Several years after the Indian Mutiny and the consolidation of Great Britain's power as the governing authority in India, it was
Book of Chivalry against the English. In 1356, Jean II was captured during the Battle of Poitiers, leading to the complete breakdown of the order. It was in this same battle that Charny, along with many other French knights, died exemplifying the chivalric ethos that he described in his treatise. Charny’s book is unique in its focus. Unlike earlier works such as Vegetius' "De Re Militari", or later ones such as Christine de Pizan's "The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry", Charny’s "Book of Chivalry" is not intended as a manual for how to conduct military operations. He approaches his subject