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Author:   Dr Phyllis G Jestice (Chair of the Department of History, College of Charleston, South Carolina)
Publisher:   Amber Books Ltd
Imprint:   Amber Books Ltd
Weight:   1.250kg
ISBN:  

9781782746805

ISBN 10:   1782746803
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   14 November 2018
Recommended Age:   From 14 to 99 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Young adult ,  General ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Chapter 1: Origins of the Knight King’s bodyguard • Huscarls • Elite mounted warriors • Myth and legend: Arthur and the Round Table Chapter 2: Chivalric Code Knightly ethic (versed in music, poetry, law) • Courtly love • Knight in medieval literature (The Song of Roland, Parzifal) Chapter 3: Training and Fighting Techniques Becoming a Page • The Squire • Jousting and the Tourney • Mounted combat • Fighting on foot Chapter 4: Armour and Weapons The development of weapons and armour • Armour: chainmail, plate armour, types of helmet • Weapons: the lance, spear, long sword, axe, mace, spiked ball Chapter 5: The Charge Through the charge, heavily-armoured knights and men-at-arms could be an incredibly high-impact weapon on the battlefield. However, it could also go disastrously wrong. Examples successful charges: Hastings (1066), Arsuf (1191), Muret (1213), Tannenberg (1410); examples of unsuccessful charges: Hattin (1187), Leignitz (1241), Nicopolis (1396), Agincourt (1415). Chapter 6: Knightly Orders Knights Templars • Knights Hospitallers • Knights of St John • Teutonic knights • Order of Santiago Chapter 7: Epilogue: The End of the Knight Introduction of missile weapons (longbow, gunpowder weapons) • Pole arms • New dominance of infantry warfare • Changing ethics in warfare Glossary Bibliography Index

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Phyllis G. Jestice is Professor of Medieval European History and former Chair of the Department of History at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, where she regularly teaches about vikings, crusaders, and the 100 Years War. A devoted teacher, Jestice enjoys writing for both academic and popular audiences. Her most recent monograph is Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty: Women and Rule in Tenth-century Germany> (Palgrave Macmillan 2018).

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