Knight in History

<p><strong>A magisterial history of the origins reality and legend of the knight</strong></p><p><strong>A carefully researched concise readable and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination. --<em>Los Angeles Times</em></strong></p><p>Born out of the chaos of the early Middle Ages the armored and highly mobile knight revolutionized warfare and quickly became a mythic figure in history. From the Knights Templars and English knighthood to the crusades and chivalry <em>The Knight in History</em> by acclaimed medievalist Frances Gies bestselling coauthor of <em>Life in a Medieval Castle</em> paints a remarkable true picture of knighthood--exploring the knight's earliest appearance as an agent of lawless violence his reemergence as a dynamic social entity his eventual disappearance from the European stage and his transformation into Western culture's most iconic hero.</p>