The last knight errant : Sir Edward Woodville and the age of chivalry /
Sir Edward Woodville was the medieval knight par excellence - except that his life coincided with the beginning of the Renaissance. With this vivid and long-awaited biography, Christopher Wilkins demonstrates how Sir Edward carved out an important role for himself in the 15th century, marrying the o...
| Основен автор: | Wilkins, Christopher, 1941- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the United States and Canada Exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=318515 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Last knight errant. |
| Резюме: |
Sir Edward Woodville was the medieval knight par excellence - except that his life coincided with the beginning of the Renaissance. With this vivid and long-awaited biography, Christopher Wilkins demonstrates how Sir Edward carved out an important role for himself in the 15th century, marrying the old-fashioned values of a chivalric age with the modernising trends that were dramatically re-shaping Europe. Far from an anachronism, "The Last Knight Errant" reveals how this quintessentially medieval figure, riding from battle to battle across Europe, was also profoundly engaged in the e. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxii, 234 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781441657541 1441657541 9780857714244 0857714244 128275100X 9781282751002 |