Frances Gies
A magisterial history of the origins, reality, and legend of the knight,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,Â ,The Knight in History,, by acclaimed medievalist Frances Gies, bestselling coauthor ofÂ ,Life in a Medieval Castle,, paints a remarkable true picture of knighthoodâ€”exploring the knightâ€™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 cultureâ€™s most iconic hero.
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The Knight in History