When knights were bold / by Eva March Tappan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tappan, Eva March, 1854-1930.

Contributor:

Richard Wakeman Collection of Tudor History (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

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