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Knights and Armor (History Channel) (A&E DVD Archives)

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This is an excellent overview of Knights, Armour, Castles, Chivalry and I believe would be an excellent present for anyone interested in these subjects, for example, young boys (who all love these things) or historians.

Although a documentary necessarily lacks the depth of books, it is a great overview and has many interesting bits of information. Even for someone who has studied all of these topics in depth, and who can find a few errors here and there, the presentation and material is interesting and well done.

This is not the normal glorified account of knights put together by people who know little about the subject, but a well researched video done in the manner that would be expected by a better English production company. It reaveals a lot that most people do not know about knights. The only issue that I would have with it is that there is little on what was happening outside of England. Still one of the better historical videos I have seen.

A & E did this wonderful introduction to Knights, Armour and all that jazz, presenting it in a very straight forward, non-sensational manner. It gives you a "knight-eye" view of the armour from inside out, focusing on the rise of William Marshall.

Absolute must for anyone interested in the topic or for people looking real feel for the period such as writers of historical fiction or SCA en-actors.

Knights dress through the periods, and an excellent visit to the Graz Collection in Austria.

These needs re-issuing on DVD.

This video adaquately explains: how armor developed; how castles developed; how knights developed. It is punctuated throughout with bios of some of the more famous of knights. It is not really all that in depth but if detail is what one wants then one should read a book. All in all it is at least a good viewing to be introduced to knights. This video peeks at how armor is made. Lastly, there are some minutes devoted to how one may get their own bona fide coat-of-arms. As I've tried to imply, it's worth watching.