The Knight in History (Medieval Life)
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Book details
- Author
- Frances Gies
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- History
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780060914134
- ISBN-10
- 0060914130
- Vendor: Mia Karts
The Knight in History (Medieval Life)
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ISBN: 0060914130
Author: Gies, Frances
Condition: New
A magisterial history of the origins, reality, and legend of the knightA carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination. -Los Angeles TimesBorn out of the chaos of the early Middle Ages, the armored and highly mobile knight revolutionized warfare and quickly became a mythic figure in history. From the Knights Templars and English knighthood to the crusades and chivalry, The Knight in History, by acclaimed medievalist Frances Gies, bestselling coauthor of Life in a Medieval Castle, paints a remarkable true picture of knighthood-exploring the knights earliest appearance as an agent of lawless violence, his reemergence as a dynamic social entity, his eventual disappearance from the European stage, and his transformation into Western cultures most iconic hero.
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