Author: J M Clifton-EverestPublisher: Medium Aevum Monographs / Ssmll
ISBN: 9780907570042
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Tragedy of Knighthood
Author: J M Clifton-EverestPublisher: Medium Aevum Monographs / Ssmll
ISBN: 9780907570042
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Tragedy of Knighthood
Author: J. M. Clifton-EverestPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Medieval, in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
The Greatest Knight
Author: Thomas AsbridgePublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062262076
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Renowned scholar Thomas Asbridge brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it. Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows at age five, William Marshal defied all odds to become one of England’s most celebrated knights. Thomas Asbridge’s rousing narrative chronicles William’s rise, using his life as a prism to view the origins, experiences, and influence of the knight in British history. In William’s day, the brutish realities of war and politics collided with romanticized myths about an Arthurian “golden age,” giving rise to a new chivalric ideal. Asbridge details the training rituals, weaponry, and battle tactics of knighthood, and explores the codes of chivalry and courtliness that shaped their daily lives. These skills were essential to survive one of the most turbulent periods in English history—an era of striking transformation, as the West emerged from the Dark Ages. A leading retainer of five English kings, Marshal served the great figures of this age, from Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard the Lionheart and his infamous brother John, and was involved in some of the most critical phases of medieval history, from the Magna Carta to the survival of the Angevin/Plantagenet dynasty. Asbridge introduces this storied knight to modern readers and places him firmly in the context of the majesty, passion, and bloody intrigue of the Middle Ages. The Greatest Knight features 16 pages of black-and-white and color illustrations.
The Tragedy of the Valiant Knight, Sir Wm. Wallace
Author: Sir William WallaceCaptain. Prophetess. Queen of Corinth. Tragedy of Bonduca. Knight of the Burning Pestle
Author: Francis BeaumontPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : French drama
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Tragedy of the Valiant Knight, Sir Wm. Wallace:
Author: Edward D. AndersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chapbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Sir Quinlan and the Swords of Valor
Author: Chuck BlackPublisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1601421281
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Two friends face the Dark Knight’s deadliest scheme, but only one knight has the courage to overcome. Sir Quinlan leaves his boyhood friend to serve the Prince, fighting a battle darker and more intense than any he’s ever known. The mysterious Sir Baylor recruits him into the ranks of an elite unit of knights known as the Swords of Valor, but when tragedy strikes and everyone blames Quinlan, the Swords of Valor disband, ending a legacy of heroic deeds. Alone and despairing, Quinlan wanders the kingdom, fleeing his past. His providential encounter with Taras, a mysterious Silent Warrior and former trainer of Valor Knights, offers Quinlan a chance to redeem himself and learn the ways of the secret warriors. The training is grueling, and just when Quinlan seems to have left his failures behind, he receives an impossible challenge from the Prince—one that will force him to face his past…and the mighty men who blame him for the tragedy that ruined them. Can Quinlan reunite the Valor Knights in time to save the people from the Dark Knight’s evil plot to rule the Kingdom of Arrethtrae, or will the Valor Knights lose the most important battle of all?
The little French lawyer. The tragedy of Valentinian. Monsieur Thomas. The chances. The tragedy of Rollo, duke of Normandy. The wild-goose chase. A wife for a month. The lovers' progress. The pilgrim. The captain. The prophetess. The queen of Corinth. The tragedy of Bonduca. The knight of the burning pestle. Love's pilgrimage. The double marriage. The maid in the mill. The knight of Malta
Author: Francis BeaumontThe Knight's Tragedy. Or, the Unfortunate Lovers Last Farewell, Together with His Unkind Ladys Lamentation for His Death, when 'twas Too Late
Author: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
Author: Vladimir Vladimirovich NabokovPublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 9780811217507
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Nabokov's first novel in English, one of his greatest and most overlooked, with a new Introduction by Michael Dirda.