Knight in History (eBook)

Frances Gies (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
272 Seiten
Harpercollins (Verlag)
978-0-06-201665-2 (ISBN)

Infos

A magisterial history of the origins, reality, and legend of the knightA carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination. Los Angeles TimesBorn 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 ofLife in a Medieval Castle, paints a remarkable true picture of knighthoodexploring the knights 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 cultures most iconic hero.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.8.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-06-201665-2 / 0062016652
• ISBN-13: 978-0-06-201665-2 / 9780062016652