A Chronicle History of Knights
Author: Andrea Hopkins
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781845730024
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Andrea Hopkins
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781845730024
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Andrea Hopkins
Publisher:
Published: 2005-04
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781845091095
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Is the glorified reputation of the chivalrous, loyal, virtuous, and larger-than-life Knight actually true, or were they simply ambitious power-hungry opportunists? Hopkins compares the fictional aspects of the Knight as read and heard throughout literature, and the actual lives of real-life Knights.
Author: Constance Brittain Bouchard
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A detailed collection of color photographs, artworks, and maps chronicle the history of knights and knighthood.
Author: Andrea Hopkins
Publisher:
Published: 2004-04-22
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780760758076
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A fascinating exploration of the history of knights and how they have been portrayed in literature and art.
Author: Lori Wick
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0736931554
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Lori Wick’s bestselling series The Kensington Chronicles (more than 375,000 copies sold) has a fresh, new look sure to please her longtime fans and draw a new generation of readers. Set in the 1800s, this series captures the adventure, wealth, and romance of the British empire. When the king commands Bracken to marry, high-spirited Megan is chosen to fulfill the edict. Unskilled in the ways of love, Bracken finds Megan captivating, yet cannot seem to voice his feelings until he almost loses her forever.
Author: Susie Hodge
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2013-12-03
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 1623650534
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Secrets of the Knights Templar is the compelling chronicle of the warrior monks and their fight to defend the Catholic faith, and of their participation in the efforts to vie for control of the Holy Land with the Muslim armies of Kurdish military genius Saladin and his successors. Informally organized in 1119 to protect pilgrims on their journeys to visit the Holy Land, and officially sanctioned by the Catholic Church in 1129, the medieval Knights Templar grew into an elite fighting force that played a central role in the battles of the Crusades. They were highly trained, well equipped, and unafraid to take up the sword to defend the church at the limits of western civilization. Though Templar was initially celebrated for their military acumen and acts of bravery, the once-celebrated order was eventually dismantled in disgrace, accused of political crimes as well as crimes against the faith. With its concise, authoritative, and accessible narrative--amplified by extensive citations from contemporary sources, and accompanied by generously captioned and stunning images of the period--Secrets of the Knights Templar brings a distant era of history dramatically and vividly to life. It is the perfect gift for anyone with a love of medieval, religious, or military history. From the Hardcover edition.
Author: Susie Hodge
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781846815553
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Susie Hodge
Publisher:
Published: 2007-01
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780754817086
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive illustrated reference to the Knights Templar, lavishly illustrated with 200 colour photographs and illustrations.
Author: Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-09-30
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9781032179865
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the first English translation of the 'Chronicle of Prussia', which was written by Nicolaus von Jeroschin, in middle German verse, during the period from 1330 to 1341. It is a history of the Teutonic Knights, encompassing the period between the foundation of the order, in 1190, and 1331. The translator's introduction sets the work in its historical and cultural context. The text was written at the instigation of the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, to make an account of the ethos and history of the order's conquest of Prussia available 'to all German people'. Its purpose was to remind the order's knight brothers and its supporters of its origins and past achievements, but above all it was intended to establish the legitimacy of Prussia as a locus for crusades, setting the scene for the order's 'golden age' in the second half of the fourteenth century. The chronicle's content is divided into three sections: it opens with a description of the founding of the order in Acre. There follows a discourse on the nature of spiritual and earthly warfare, which echoes the ideology of crusading warfare first articulated by Bernhard of Clairvaux in his treatise De laude novae militiae. The final, longest, section recounts the wars of the Teutonic Knights against the Prussians and Lithuanians from 1230 until the narrative breaks off abruptly in 1331. The chronicle is the main historical source document for the period it covers and was widely disseminated during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is also an engaging and lively account of warfare and colonisation on the eastern frontier of Latin Christianity.
Author: Charles M. Hudson
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 0820351601
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Between 1539 and 1542 Hernando de Soto led a small army on a desperate journey of exploration of almost four thousand miles across the U. S. Southeast. Until the 1998 publication of Charles M. Hudson's foundational Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun, De Soto's path had been one of history's most intriguing mysteries. With this book, anthropologist Charles Hudson offers a solution to the question, "Where did de Soto go?" Using a new route reconstruction, for the first time the story of the de Soto expedition can be laid on a map, and in many instances it can be tied to specific archaeological sites. Arguably the most important event in the history of the Southeast in the sixteenth century, De Soto's journey cut a bloody and indelible swath across both the landscape and native cultures in a quest for gold and personal glory. The desperate Spanish army followed the sunset from Florida to Texas before abandoning its mission. De Soto's one triumph was that he was the first European to explore the vast region that would be the American South, but he died on the banks of the Mississippi River a broken man in 1542. With a new foreword by Robbie Ethridge reflecting on the continuing influence of this now classic text, the twentieth-anniversary edition of Knights is a clearly written narrative that unfolds against the exotic backdrop of a now extinct social and geographic landscape. Hudson masterfully chronicles both De Soto's expedition and the native societies he visited. A blending of archaeology, history, and historical geography, this is a monumental study of the sixteenth-century Southeast.