Knight in History (Revised)

Frances Gies

Book cover for Knight in History (Revised)
Book cover for Knight in History (Revised)

Knight in History (Revised)

Knight in History (Revised)

Frances Gies

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Description

"A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination."-- "Los Angeles Times" "A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination." "--Los Angeles Times"

Critical Reviews

"Illuminates the evolution of knighthood" -- New York Times Book Review

"A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination." -- Los Angeles Times

"Splendid ... This detailed look, focusing as it often does on individual men, shows the knight in a new and more interesting light, whether Roland or Galahad." -- Washington Post

"Gies's writing is fresh and direct, her scholarship is exact, and she approaches her subject with excitement." -- The New Yorker

Publishing Information

Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pub date: 2011-07-26
Length: 272 pages

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