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The Knight in History

The Knight in History - Paperback

by Frances Gies
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Availability:In StockContributor:Frances GiesSeries:Medieval Life #3Publish date:2011-07-26Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780060914134ISBN-10:60914130UPC:9780060914134Book Category:History, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Europe, Genealogy & Heraldry, ResearchBook Topic:MedievalSize:8.29 x 5.51 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SC1S33PXHV

A magisterial history of the origins, reality, and legend of the knight

"A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination." --Los Angeles Times

Born 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 knight's 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 culture's most iconic hero.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780060914134ISBN-10:60914130UPC:9780060914134Book Category:History, ReferenceBook Subcategory:Europe, Genealogy & Heraldry, ResearchBook Topic:MedievalSize:8.29 x 5.51 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SC1S33PXHV
Gies, Frances: -

Frances (1915-2013) and Joseph (1916-2006) Gies were the world's bestselling historians of medieval Europe. Together and separately, they wrote more than twenty books, which col-lectively have sold more than a million copies. They lived in Michigan.

Publisher: Harper Perennial

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