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When knights were bold / by Eva March Tappan.
LIBRA - Furness Storage D127 .T2 1911
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tappan, Eva March, 1854-1930.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Medieval--Juvenile literature.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Middle Ages.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wakeman, Rollin (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xii pages, 1 leaf, [2], 381, [1] pages, 1 leaf : frontispiece, illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911.
- Summary:
- Long regarded as an authoritative source on medieval life and customs for young people, this covers such topics as: the training of knights; jousts and tournaments; monks and monasteries; merchant and craft guilds; arts and science; commerce; education; and life in castle, manor, and town.
- Contents:
- Page, squire, and knight
- The knight's arms and armor
- Jousts and tournaments
- How to capture a castle
- Daily life in a castle
- Life on a manor
- Pilgrimages and crusades
- Military orders, monks, and monasteries
- Hermits, friars, and missionaries
- Life in town
- Merchant gilds and craft gilds
- How goods were sold
- Schools and literature
- Science and medicine
- Architecture and the arts.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Tappan, Eva March, 1854-1930. When knights were bold.
- OCLC:
- 3131422
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