Illustrated History of Knights and the Golden Age of Chivalry: A Magnificent Account of the Medieval Knight and the Chivalric Code, with over 450 images of their quests, battles, tournaments, triumphs, courts and castles

A magnificent account of the medieval knight and the chivalric code, with over 450 images of their quests, battles, tournaments, triumphs, courts and castles

In battle, the medieval knight was the equivalent of the modern tank. A knight could plough his way through ranks of foot-soldiers, and on massive warhorses in tight formation, a cavalry charge was devastating.

This book describes how the order of the knight began, and the training that noble-born sons underwent to achieve knighthood....