English

When knights were bold

xii pages, 1 leaf, [2], 381, [1] pages, 1 leaf : 25 cm · Long regarded as an authoritative source on medieval life and customs for young people, this covers such topics as: the training of knights; jousts and tournaments; monks and monasteries; merchant and craft guilds; arts and science; commerce; education; and life in castle, manor, and town · Includes index · Page, squire, and knight -- The knight's arms and armor -- Jousts and tournaments -- How to capture a castle -- Daily life in a castle -- Life on a manor -- Pilgrimages and crusades -- Military orders, monks, and monasteries -- Hermits, friars, and missionaries -- Life in town -- Merchant gilds and craft gilds -- How goods were sold -- Schools and literature -- Science and medicine -- Architecture and the arts

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