| William Marshal: The Flower of Chivalry Contributor(s): Duby, Georges (Author) |
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ISBN: 039475154X ISBN-13: 9780394751542 Publisher: Pantheon Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1987 Annotation: Georges Duby, one of this century's great medieval historians, has brought to life with exceptional brilliance and imagination William Marshal, adviser to the Plantagents, knight extraordinaire, the flower of chivalry. A marvel of historical reconstruction, William Marshal is based on a biographical poem written in the thirteenth century, and offers an evocation of chivalric life-the contests and tournaments, the rites of war, the daily details of medieval existence-unlike any we have ever seen. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 942.03 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.36" W x 8.24" (0.44 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Georges Duby, one of this century's great medieval historians, has brought to life with exceptional brilliance and imagination William Marshal, adviser to the Plantagenets, knight extraordinaire, the flower of chivalry. A marvel of historical reconstruction, William Marshal is based on a biographical poem written in the thirteenth century, and offers an evocation of chivalric life--the contests and tournaments, the rites of war, the daily details of medieval existence--unlike any we have ever seen. |