Knights and Chivalry
by Elgin, KathyFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-07-30
Publisher(s): Black Rabbit Books
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Summary
Knights and Chivalry explores what it meant to be a knight during the medieval period. It describes what a knight's life was like, from training as a young boy to knighthood, tournaments, weapons, and war. Readers will also learn about the code of chivalry, under which a knight was sworn to perform gallant deeds and to protect the poor and weak. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| The First Knights | p. 4 |
| Orders of Knighthood | p. 6 |
| Chivalry | p. 8 |
| Heraldry | p. 10 |
| A Knight's Training | p. 12 |
| A Knight's Life | p. 14 |
| A Knight's Armor | p. 16 |
| A Knight and His Weapons | p. 18 |
| Knights at War | p. 20 |
| The Crusades | p. 22 |
| Tournaments | p. 24 |
| Knights of Myth and Legend | p. 26 |
| The End of Knighthood | p. 28 |
| Timeline | p. 30 |
| Glossary and Further Information | p. 31 |
| Index | p. 32 |
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