The development of chivalry and the knight from its beginnings in the early Middle Ages to its increasing decline in importance in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The material and legal foundations of chivalry through the feudal system or the formation of a chivalric ideal in the medieval epics and chivalric novels are discussed as well as the development of weapons and armour, the different types of horses of the knights including their equipment or the special characteristics of chivalry in England, France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain or in the Crusades. Also the spiritual orders of chivalry, the history of tournaments, siege warfare and the influence of ranged weapons on the decline of chivalry are dealt with.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Toledo, J. S.
Title
Medieval Knights. The Age of Chivalry
Details
English text, many mostly colour illustrations, large format. 134 pp.
