Knights
Subtitle: in history and legend
By: chief consultant, Constance Brittain Bouchard
Publisher: Firefly Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Buffalo, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781554074808
Description: The history of knights, from their everyday lives to their clothing, training, heraldry and orders, as well as their role in literature and film, and the decline of traditional knighthood.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing knights. The origins of knights ; Chivalric ideals ; The noble steed ; Knights in the arts; title: The life of a knight. Becoming a knight ; Chivalry ; Everyday life ; Castles ; Armor ; Weapons ; Tournaments ; Knights and war ; Heraldry ; Crusading orders ; Asian knights; title: The knight in history. The rise of knights ; The Norman era ; The Crusades ; The Reconquista ; The Albigensian crusade ; The Hundred Years' War ; Knighthood in decline; title: The cultural legacy. Knights in literature ; Film and television ; War games ; Honorific orders; title: Reference. Timeline ; Medieval monarchs.