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A magisterial history of the origins, reality, and legend of the knight
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.
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- Title The Knight in History
- Author Frances Gies
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date 2011-07-26
- ISBN 9780060914134 / 0060914130
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 8.29 x 5.51 x 0.64 in (21.06 x 14.00 x 1.63 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Library of Congress subjects Knights and knighthood - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 84047571
- Dewey Decimal Code 929.71
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