Will appeal to a wide audience. It is beautifully presented.the illustrations add further glory to a thorough historical analysis which is based on extensive research in Europe-wide sources. particularly useful in bringing toour attention lesser-known materials from the Iberian peninsula. The level of discussion, range and thoroughness of treatment and excellence of annotation make this a useful reference work for the academic historian too: it is hard to find any aspect of tournaments that is not covered.HISTORY
The first serious study of tournaments throughout Europe reveals their importance - in the training of the medieval knight, the development of arms and armour, as an instrument of political patronage, and as a grand public spectacle.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780851157818
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-85115-781-8
- Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
- Erscheinungstermin: 26.06.2000
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2000
- Produktform: Kartoniert, Print PDF
- Gewicht: 943 g
- Seiten: 240
- Format (B x H x T): 217 x 305 x 13 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt