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Author Gravett, Christopher, 1951- author.

Title Knight / written by Christopher Gravett ; photographed by Geoff Dann.

Publication Info. New York, NY : DK Publishing, Inc., 2004.
Shenzhen, China : Toppan Printing Co.
©1993

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 940.1 GRAVETT    DUE 05-04-24
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 940.1 GRAVETT c.2  Lost and Paid
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 940.1 GRA    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Children's Nonfiction  J 940.1 GRAVETT    Check Shelf
Edition Revised edition.
Description 72 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Series DK eyewitness books
DK eyewitness books.
Note Includes index.
"Discover the world of the medieval knight - from battles to banquets, sieges to chivalry"--Cover.
Contents First knights -- Normans -- Making a knight -- Iron, iron, everywhere -- Fashion in steel -- Armor, the inside story -- Arms and the man -- On horseback -- Castle -- Castle at war -- Siege warfare -- Arming for the fight -- Enemy -- Into battle -- Castle at peace -- Lord of the manor -- Lady of the manor -- Ideal of chivalry -- Tournament -- Joust -- Foot combat -- Heraldry -- Hunting and hawking -- Faith and pilgrimage -- Crusades -- Knights of Christ -- Knights of the Rising Sun -- Professionals -- Decline of chivalry -- Did you know? -- Timeline.
Summary Be an eyewitness to what life was really like for a knight in medieval times--from battles to banquets and from jousting to hunting. See how a knight put on his armor. Find out why knights decorated their shields. Discover deadly weapons known as caltrops.
Subject Knights and knighthood -- Juvenile literature.
Civilization, Medieval -- Juvenile literature.
Knights and knighthood.
Civilization, Medieval.
Civilization, Medieval. (OCoLC)fst00863049
Knights and knighthood. (OCoLC)fst00988113
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author Dann, Geoff, photographer.
Added Title Eyewitness knight
ISBN 0756606969
9780756606961
0756606950 (library binding)
9780756606954 (library binding)
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