| The Knight in History Revised Edition Contributor(s): Gies, Frances (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060914130 ISBN-13: 9780060914134 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 Annotation: "A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination."--"Los Angeles Times" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Reference | Genealogy & Heraldry - Reference | Research |
| Dewey: 929.71 |
| LCCN: 84047571 |
| Series: Medieval Life |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.51" W x 8.29" (0.61 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |