A best-selling expert on medieval warfare has produced a hugely successful book--over 100,000 copies sold--that returns by popular demand as the premier reference on knighthood. The riveting chronicle trains its focus on the golden years of the knight during the 14th and 15th centuries. The life of a knight starts with his earliest upbringing, his formal education, and his dangerous, exacting years of training. Once a knight is ready for a life of battle, the story turns to his vast choices of weapons and armor--all shown in graphic illustrations. Charts and maps help portray battle strategies and tactics, while behind-the-scenes unfolds a drama of intrigue, chivalry, and fanaticism, from Edward III and the Black Prince to the fall of Richard III on Bosworth Field. Illustrations from archives provide rare scenes of people, equipment, and battle scenes, while modern photos display battlefields and castles as they look today.
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Stephen Turnbull is an expert on medieval warfare as well as Japanese religion and the Samurai, and has written many books across both subjects. He frequently advises film and TV production companies on costume and weaponry, has a substantial collection of rare photographs and prints, and holds a serior position in the National Health Service.
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Please Stephen, write the other two Volumes,
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This review is from: The Knight Triumphant: The High Middle Ages, 1314-1485 (Hardcover)
This book is outstanding. I am Scotch-English so I was very excited to find that the author had written this first of three volumes. I am hoping that my positive review of it will encourage him to return to this subject and bring us 'The Knight Ascendant'. I have been a fan of Stephen Turnbull for the past 25 years. I am a Sandan in Iaido for the All United States Kendo Federation. I would like to add that Stephen's many books on the Samurai and Japan in general are also superb. I own all of them.
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