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Overview
For more than five hundred years knights served a crucial role in medieval society, traveling on pilgrimages, fighting battles, and governing their lands.Have you ever wondered what it was like to train as a knight: to serve at a lord's table, to practice your skills on the jousting field, or to help a knight arm himself for battle? Have you imagined yourself defending a castle, taking part in a siege, or being knighted on the battlefield?An overview of the lifestyle and changing role of the knight during the Middle Ages.
Editorials
Children's Literature -
Photographs of costumed actors portraying Knights in Armor and their peers vivify editor John D. Clare's information-rich volume in the "Living History" series. Against a backdrop of appropriately staged scenes, the author's text focuses on the ironclad knights' change in status from a powerful fighting force to an obsolete one. A particularly interesting sequence shows a squire's step-by-step suiting of his knight, from helmet to sabaton.Book Details
Published
September 1, 1992
Publisher
Harcourt Childrens Books (J)
Pages
64
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780152005085