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The Knight in History by Gies

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.

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Contributor Biography - French Ecrivains et historiens, Frances Gies (1915-2013) et Joseph Gies (1916-2006) ont ecrit plus de vingt ouvrages sur le Moyen Age, dont beaucoup ont ete des best-sellers. Ont ete traduits aux Belles Lettres: La Vie dans un chateau medieval (2018), La Vie dans une ville medievale (2019), et La Vie dans un village medieval (2020).
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9780060914134
ISBN 10 0060914130
Titel The Knight in History
Autor Gies
Serie Medieval Life Ser
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Erscheinungsjahr 2011-07-26
Seitenanzahl 272
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