The knight in history.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper and Row Publishers,
1984.
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| Series: | History (Harper and Row Publishers) ;
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| Abstract: | 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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| Physical Description: | 255 p. : il., fot., mapas ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0060914130 9780060914134 |