The Knight in History
“Illuminates the evolution of knighthood” (New York Times Book Review)“A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination.” (Los Angeles Times)“Splendid … This detailed look, focusing as it often does on individual men, shows the knight in a new and more interesting light, whether Roland or Galahad.” (Washington Post)“Gies’s writing is fresh and direct, her scholarship is exact, and she approaches her subject with excitement.” (The New Yorker)