Knight

by Gravett, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780789458742
• ISBN10: 0789458748
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-14
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Includes clip art on CD-ROM and fold-out wall chart in plastic sleeve inside back cover.

Table of Contents

The first knights	6	(2)
The Normans	8	(2)
Making a knight	10	(2)
Iron, iron everywhere	12	(2)
Fashion in steel	14	(2)
Armor, the inside story	16	(2)
Arms and the man	18	(2)
On horseback	20	(2)
The castle	22	(2)
The castle at war	24	(2)
Siege warfare	26	(2)
Arming for the fight	28	(2)
The enemy	30	(2)
Into battle	32	(2)
The castle at peace	34	(2)
The lord of the manor	36	(2)
The lady of the manor	38	(2)
The ideal of chivalry	40	(2)
The tournament	42	(2)
The joust	44	(2)
Foot combat	46	(2)
Heraldry	48	(2)
Hunting and hawking	50	(2)
Faith and pilgrimage	52	(2)
The Crusades	54	(2)
Knights of Christ	56	(2)
Knights of the Rising Sun	58	(2)
The professionals	60	(2)
The decline of chivalry	62	(2)
Index	64