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Calvin Park Branch | Junior Non 940.1 Gra 2024 | Copies Available |
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Rideau Heights Branch | Junior Non 940.1 Gra 2024 | On loan until: 04/Sep/25 |
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| Title Statement | Knight / written by Christopher Gravett ; photographed by Geoff Dann. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | Eyewitness knight |
| Series | DK Eyewitness |
| Author | Gravett, Christopher, 1951- |
| Additional Contributors | Dann, Geoff |
| Publication | New York: DK Publishing,2024. |
| Edition | New American edition. |
| Extent of Item | 72 pages |
| ISBN | 9780593843840 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr07669037 |
| General Notes | First American edition: 1993. Includes index. |
| Contents | The first knights --The Normans --Making a knight --Armor --Fashion in steel --Inside the armor --Arms and the man --On horseback --The castle --The castle at war --Siege warfare --Arming to fight --The enemy --Into battle --Castle life --Manor lords --Manor ladies --The ideal of chivalry --The tournament --The joust --Foot combat --Heraldry --Hunting --Faith and pilgrimage --The crusades --Knights of Christ --Japanese Knights --The professionals --Knights' end --Did you know? --Timeline --Find out more. |
| Summary | "Discover how medieval knights trained for battle, the armor they wore, and the code of honor they lived by. Witness a joust, lay siege to a castle, and glimpse the secretive world of Japanese Samurai swordsmen"--Back cover. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Armor--Juvenile literature |
| Chivalry--Juvenile literature | |
| Civilization, Medieval--Juvenile literature | |
| Knights and knighthood--Juvenile literature | |
| Weapons--Juvenile literature | |
