Best history books on knights, castles, chivalry, and medieval Britain?

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Best history books on knights, castles, chivalry, and medieval Britain?

1VoicelessTorment
Muokkaaja: elokuu 29, 2022, 2:14 pm

The subject matter could include knights, castles, armour, chivalry, jousting tournaments, clothes, jewellery, etc.

Thanks for any help.

22wonderY
elokuu 29, 2022, 3:10 pm

My first thought was to check the Eyewitness Books. That took me to Christopher Gravett’s author page. And he seems to be an expert in those areas.

3VoicelessTorment
elokuu 31, 2022, 11:18 am

>2 2wonderY: Hello. Thanks. :)

4Marissa_Doyle
elokuu 31, 2022, 11:46 am

What audience did you have in mind? Something image-heavy (and general, and kid-friendly), like the Eyewitness Books 2wonderY suggested? Something more textual, like Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century or some of the more recent Plantagenet biographies about people like Richard I and Eleanor of Aquitaine?

5VoicelessTorment
Muokkaaja: elokuu 31, 2022, 12:47 pm

>4 Marissa_Doyle: Hello. :) Thank you kindly for responding. I guess more textual books that provide deeper and more comprehensive overviews of my listed subjects: knights, castles, chivalry, etc. Images are lovely - but richly worded and informative text is more important to me.

6karenb
elokuu 31, 2022, 2:06 pm

Also, are you looking for information specific to a particular or area?

7VoicelessTorment
elokuu 31, 2022, 2:50 pm

>6 karenb: Hello. :) Thank you kindly for responding. Just any comprehensive historical books that cover my listed subjects within Britain during the Middle Ages.

8Cecrow
Muokkaaja: elokuu 31, 2022, 3:20 pm

The Age of Faith by Will Durant may still have some mileage on it, although it looks outside of Britain too.