The Age of Chivalry 9781623652760, 1623652766

The five hundred years that separate the mid-tenth century from the mid-15th century constitute a critical and formative

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The Age of Chivalry
9781623652760, 1623652766

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"The highest and most sovereign things a knight ought to guard in defence of his estate are his troth and his arms.

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Premodern weapons of war receive a tremendously detailed and thorough accounting in this volume — the work of a noted au

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SUMMARY: It is believed that this presentation of a literature which held unrivaled sway over the imaginations of our an

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Sir Edward Woodville was the medieval knight par excellence - except that his life coincided with the beginning of the R

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Alongside the familiar pitched battles, regular sieges, and large-scale manoeuvres, medieval and early modern wars also

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Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized – and large

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The highest and most sovereign things a knight ought to guard in defence of his estate are his troth and his arms. So de

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Composed at the height of the Hundred Years War by Geoffroi de Charny, one of the most respected knights of his age, A K

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