Usborne Official Knight's Handbook
by Taplin, SamFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-01-01
Publisher(s): Edc Pub
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Summary
Holding lances, courtly dances…novice knights have a lot to learn. If ladies won’t look at you twice, your armor is rusty and your castle crumbling around you, grab this book. It covers everything from sieges and swordplay to feasts and fights. Tuck a copy in your gauntlet and the enemy doesn’t stand a chance.
Table of Contents
| So You Want to be a Knight? | p. 5 |
| Knights: a quick guide | p. 7 |
| Chivalry | p. 9 |
| Courtly love | p. 14 |
| Where you fit in | p. 17 |
| Knight School | p. 19 |
| Starting out | p. 20 |
| Tonight's the knight | p. 25 |
| Kitting yourself out | p. 28 |
| To Battle! | p. 34 |
| Battle tactics | p. 35 |
| Raids | p. 40 |
| Castle warfare | p. 42 |
| Crazy crusades | p. 46 |
| Home for the Knight | p. 50 |
| Castle shopping | p. 51 |
| Castle life | p. 56 |
| Tournaments and Challenges | p. 60 |
| Muddy melees | p. 61 |
| Bone-jangling jousts | p. 64 |
| Handy heralds | p. 67 |
| Pas d'armes | p. 71 |
| Knights Notes | p. 72 |
| Knights to remember | p. 73 |
| Your own coat of arms | p. 76 |
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