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This evocative book examines the historical brotherhood of knights, how they were governed by their feudal lord, and the ideal of the chivalric code. Knights drewinspiration from portrayals of knighthood in the literature of chivalry - in heroic chansons de geste, poems of courtly love and prose, and verse of romances that told of knights' great deeds in war and love. From the knightly heroes of the Bible and the classical worlds to the goldenage of medieval chivalry and the enduring tales of King Arthur, there is also a discussion of how the knights of history lived up to these ideals, and themselves becamelegendary figures.
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Knights & the Age of Chivalry, Charles Phillips
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- Année de publication
- 2013
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- Titre
- Knights & the Age of Chivalry
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Charles Phillips
- Éditeur
- Anness Publishing
- Publié
- 2013
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 128
- ISBN10
- 0857232339
- ISBN13
- 9780857232335
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Histoire
- Description
- This evocative book examines the historical brotherhood of knights, how they were governed by their feudal lord, and the ideal of the chivalric code. Knights drewinspiration from portrayals of knighthood in the literature of chivalry - in heroic chansons de geste, poems of courtly love and prose, and verse of romances that told of knights' great deeds in war and love. From the knightly heroes of the Bible and the classical worlds to the goldenage of medieval chivalry and the enduring tales of King Arthur, there is also a discussion of how the knights of history lived up to these ideals, and themselves becamelegendary figures.