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Author Firth, Rachel.

Title Knights / Rachel Firth ; designed by Lucy Owen with Glen Bird and Helen Wood.

Publication Info. Tulsa, Okla. : EDC Pub., 2003.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 940.1 FIRTH    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  J940.1 FIR    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J 940.1 FIRTH    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J 940.1 FIR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J940.1 F51K    Check Shelf
Description 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Usborne discovery
Usborne discovery.
Note Originally published: London : Usborne, 2003.
Includes index.
Summary In medieval times, knights were the most powerful soldiers on the battlefield. This new Usborne Discovery book explores in fascinating and sometimes gory detail how they lived, died, and eventually died out altogether. You'll find answers to hundreds of questions about knights.
Contents What were knights? -- Deadly weapons -- Chain mail and shields -- Plate armor -- Knights and castles -- Medieval warfare -- Under siege -- Weapons of attack -- ?Fighting back -- Becoming a knight -- Tournaments -- Coats of arms -- Heralds -- Hunting and games -- Chivalry -- Crusades -- Templars and Hospitallers -- Noblewomen - End of the knights -- Famous knights -- Knight facts -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Subject Knights and knighthood -- Juvenile literature.
Knights and knighthood -- Computer network resources -- Juvenile literature.
Cover Title Internet-linked Knights
ISBN 0794503853
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