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An insider’s guide: how to become a knight, wield a sword, join a Crusade, and make your fortune.

The knight is the supreme warrior of the Middle Ages. Fully armored and mounted on a magnificent charger, he seems invincible. Honor and glory await him as, guided by the chivalric code, he fights with lance and sword.

This carefully researched yet entertaining book provides all the essential information you need to become a successful knight in the later Middle Ages, during the period of the Hundred Years’ War. Should you go on a Crusade? Which order of chivalry might you consider joining? What is required when you go through the ceremony of knighthood?

Here are the answers to these and many more questions plus practical advice on topics such as equipment, fighting methods, and the conventions of warfare. But the knightly life is not all battles and sieges: there are also tournaments and jousts to enjoy and the world of courtly love.

Based on contemporary lives and descriptions, this book―written by a leading medieval historian―paints a vivid picture of what it was like to be a medieval knight. 90 illustrations, 30 in color

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Michael Prestwich is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Durham. He has written many books including Medieval People.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thames & Hudson; Illustrated edition (May 11, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0500251606
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0500251607
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 1 x 8.1 inches

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Michael Prestwich was born in Oxford, in 1943. The son of Oxford historians, it was perhaps inevitable that he studied at Oxford University for his first degree and his doctorate. His first job was at the University of St Andrews, where there was a highly successful department of medieval history. He moved to the University of Durham in 1979, and taught there until he retired, by which time it had rebranded itself as Durham University. In the 1990s he served as pro-vice-chancellor, with a range of responsibilities from research to health and safety. He began his own research with work on Edward I, and his publications have concentrated on thirteenth and fourteenth century England in most of its aspects, with a particular emphasis on war and its impact on government and society. He is married, with three children and what seems like a lot of grandchildren. He was awarded an OBE in 2010.

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Neal

I appreciated being able to read it without being bogged down with a bunch of tedious details. The details on becoming a knight varies ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2017

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The book was very informative and gave short stories of some knights through the ages. I appreciated being able to read it without being bogged down with a bunch of tedious details. The details on becoming a knight varies from country to country and the book gives good insights and reveals some fallacies of Hollywood versions. One of the most interesting was Chivalry did not apply to most people. A good read.

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Steamboat Jack

An enjoyable read.

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Very well written for those (like me) with a casual interest in the life and times. A scholar would be disappointed, although I could see a place for it in a lower division/junior college curriculum. I enjoyed the time spent reading it.

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Larry B

Fun, interesting and educational read

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2014

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Very interesting and entertaining way of writing a text book. I am an adult and found it very entertaining and plan to pass it on to my nephew. Not a lot of detailed analysis, but a very concise overview of what it meant to be various forms of Knight or Man-at-Arms in the 14th century.

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Connor Lake Taylor

This was an awesome book. In my honest opinion it was very ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2017

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This was an awesome book. In my honest opinion it was very fun and educational at the same time and I recommend this book to those who like knights.

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JohnT

It was good

Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2013

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lots of information for later period knights... I am more interested in earlier period so :/ I still thought it was worth getting and adding to my collection.

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It was a great read

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Sir Christopher Moore

A must for any knight

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I am a knight belonging to an order of Knights. I purchased this book because I wanted to learn the traditions that come along with knighthood and learn some history, as well as details about armor.

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Joshua

... gift for my 12 year old son and he loved it.

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This was a gift for my 12 year old son and he loved it.

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bookelephant

Fantastic - a total must!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2010

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Michael Prestwich is of course a top medievalist (see for example The Three Edwards: War and State in England 1272-1377Plantagenet England: 1225-1360 (New Oxford History of England) etc etc) and I was very diverted to find his name on the front of this rather cheery looking little book.
Inside however is the product of immense scholarship and a sense of humour both deployed to admiration. If you have ever wondered what being a medieval knight was like MP can tell you - and more than that, he can tell you in a medieval knight's own words, because he has read all the sources. And he can also do that without making it boring, by chosing a perfect quotation and having it fit right into a narrative you are loving - a neat trick to pull, though maybe not too much of a stretch for a man of his experience. This is a book which will fascinate small boys and girls who do want to know what being a knight was like - but it will also, without their realising it, instil in them a real interest in history done properly - through real sources and trustable facts. Imagine horrible histories written by a top historian and without the really silly jokes and you will get the idea. Prestwich has produced something really useful, reliable and impressive - without stopping it being fascinating or amusing.
I am sending it to all the boys and tomboys I know (and keeping a copy for myself too!)

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Brian Hammond

THE best book on Knights.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2018

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Just received my copy of Knight and can honestly say even though I have several books on the subject, this little book one, if not the best, of them all! Very instructive and full of interest with delightful black and white pictures and the colour sections excellent. The "extras" are great, even a good map. I did buy some years ago a very expensive book on Knights, but this one will be the one most used. Hope the author Michael Prestwich reads this! He should be congratulated.

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Black Galleon

Excellent insight to the life of a Knight.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2012

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Knight provides some very interesting material on knights during the 100 years war in which this book is set. There are several chapters allowing for good reference when you wish to find out about the armour the knights wore, the best and most famous knights such as John Hawkwood, jousting, the weapons used by knights and some of the many knightly orders of chivalry that existed at this time such as the order of the star and the order of the garter. There are impressive pictures and anecdotes in this book and keeps the reader well informed throughout. In all an excellent book for those interested in chivalry and knights and is an excellent historic source for discovering the battles and knights, people and places of note at that time in history.

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Surprisingly good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2020

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Surprisingly good. Light hearted but actually very interesting. Kind of like "knights for dummies"

Rich

Excellent, light hearted and informative

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2018

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I thoroughly enjoyed this. Even the footnotes are well chosen and maintain the "Knighthood for Dummies" theme. I'd cheerfully recommend it.

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