| Page, Esquire, and Knight (Yesterday's Classics) Contributor(s): Lansing, Marion Florence (Author), Copeland, Charles (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1599151642 ISBN-13: 9781599151649 Publisher: Yesterday's Classics OUR PRICE: $10.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: Presents the best stories of all periods of chivalry, from the days of the founding of the Round Table to the death of Chevalier Bayard. It sets forth in simple story form the development and progress of knighthood from the time of St. George, who won his spurs by killing the dragon, to the founding, a thousand years later, of the order which bore his name and embodied in its ritual the highest ceremonial of chivalry. With its explanation of the meaning of the degrees of knighthood, its description of quests and tourneys, and its outline of the great events of chivalry, this volume will serve as a good introduction to the later reading of Arthurian and other romances, and of the history of Charlemagne's wars and the crusades. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables - Arthurian |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.51 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presents the best stories of all periods of chivalry, from the days of the founding of the Round Table to the death of Chevalier Bayard. It sets forth in simple story form the development and progress of knighthood from the time of St. George, who won his spurs by killing the dragon, to the founding, a thousand years later, of the order which bore his name and embodied in its ritual the highest ceremonial of chivalry. With its explanation of the meaning of the degrees of knighthood, its description of quests and tourneys, and its outline of the great events of chivalry, this volume will serve as a good introduction to the later reading of Arthurian and other romances, and of the history of Charlemagne's wars and the crusades. |