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Knights at Tournament

Author : Christopher Gravett

Publisher : Osprey Publishing

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 22,49 MB

Release : 1999-11-01

Category : History

ISBN : 9781855329379

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Like all warrior classes throughout history medieval knights engaged in military games, partly in preparation for war and partly for pure sport. From their often brutal origins in the 10th century to the gaudy pageantry and eventual decline of the 15th and 16th centuries, tournaments were the centre of the knightly life. The image of the armoured and surcoated knight on his caparisoned charger remains the epitome of the chivalric ideal. Christopher Gravett explores the history of the tournament from its chaotic beginnings to its more formal, 'civilised' incarnation, describing the various 'events' and equipment which came into use.



The Medieval Tournament As Spectacle

Author : Alan V. Murray

Publisher : Boydell & Brewer

Page : 265 pages

File Size : 28,20 MB

Release : 2020

Category : History

ISBN : 1783275421

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Fresh insights into the development of the tournament as an opportunity for social display.



The Tournament of Blood

Author : Michael Jecks

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 22,72 MB

Release : 2012-12-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1471126285

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Plans to host a tournament in the spring of 1322, gives moneylenders everywhere a golden opportunity. Many knights in Devon are already indebted to Benjamin Dudenay, and when a month before the festivities, he is found beaten to death, it is not in the least bit surprising. Simon and Baldwin must hurry to find the culprit, but then a carpenter commissioned to build the stands is killed in a similar fashion, leaving them with even more mysteries to solve…



Tournaments

Author : Richard Barber

Publisher : Boydell & Brewer

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 10,11 MB

Release : 2000

Category : History

ISBN : 9780851157818

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"First published hardback 1989"--T.p. verso.



The Four Knights Game

Author : Andrey Obodchuk

Publisher : New In Chess,Csi

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 29,80 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Chess

ISBN : 9789056913724

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The Four Knights Game is one of the oldest chess openings and continues to be a popular choice among beginners and club players. In recent years leading grandmasters such as Alexey Shirov and Emil Sutovsky have injected the Four Knights with numerous fresh ideas and changed its peaceful reputation. White has quite a few ways to create tension and play for the attack. Russian International Master Andrey Obodchuk has written a repertoire book for white players based on the Spanish Four Knights variation (starting with 4.Bb5). Covering a range of positional themes as well as sharp and amazing adventures, Obodchuk has created an easy-to-handle toolbox for amateur chess players of intermediate level, as well as a challenging exposition for stronger players.



Tournament

Author : David Crouch

Publisher : A&C Black

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 15,84 MB

Release : 2006-01-01

Category : History

ISBN : 9781852855314

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In the Middle Ages Tournaments were the equivalent of Medieval football, with the 'star players' gaining wealth and prestige. Here is the history of the Tournament.



Macy and the King's Tournament

Author : Rebecca L. Schmidt

Publisher :

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 31,86 MB

Release : 2017

Category : Birthdays

ISBN : 9781536408119

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When the biggest party of the year is organized to celebrate the king's birthday, Macy becomes discouraged by royal duties that prevent her from participating in a competition between the Nexo Knights and the Tighty Knighties.



14th Cent. German Tournament Knights

Author : Luca Stefano Cristini

Publisher :

Page : 76 pages

File Size : 24,76 MB

Release : 2020

Category : History

ISBN : 9788893275392

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This collection of medieval plates, dedicated to Saxon knights in tournament dress from the 14th century, was created in 1889 to celebrate the anniversary of the distinguished Wettin family. The House of Wettin is a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors and kings that once ruled territories in the present-day German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The book dates back to 1889 and was printed by Wilhelm Hoffmann of Dresden in a very limited edition of 52 x 38 cm each panel. The technique used is the chromolithography method, the lithographer is G. Hohneck, who used the collotype technique to colour all the images obtained. Our very rare copy comes from the plates that belonged to the Dutch doctor H. J. Vinkhuijzen, an eccentric collector and passionate lover of military iconography. Since 1911 the collection has been donated to the New York Public Library by Mr. Henry Draper, heir to the Dutch doctor. And it is from this collection that Soldiershop has taken the subjects of this new publication. Almost all the 63 original images were in a bad state of preservation, full of stains, scratches and rips on all the pictures. For our book we have submitted each table to a rigorous cleaning and re-classification to provide a complete, easy and useful work for all scholars and fans of uniformology of military history, costume and beyond.



The Storybook Knight

Author : Helen Docherty

Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.

Page : 35 pages

File Size : 12,93 MB

Release : 2016-09-06

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1492638153

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Age Level: 4 to 8 | Grade Level: K to 4 What's a knight's greatest power? Stories, of course! From the beloved author/illustrator team behind The Snatchabook comes the ultimate storytime book about castles, knights, dragons, and the power of stories! Even dragons love a good story... Leo was a gentle knight in thought and word and deed. While other knights liked fighting, Leo liked to sit and read... When Leo's mom and dad pack him off to fight a dragon, he takes a shield, a sword—and a pile of his favorite books. But can a story be as mighty as a sword? This delightful rhyming story about books and the joy of reading is also perfect for kids who love dragon books, adventures, brave knights, and books about castles! An Autumn 2016 Kids Indie Next Pick A 2017-2018 SSYRA Jr. List Title Praise for The Snatchabook: #1 Indie Next Pick "I dare you to try to read The Snatch-a-book silently to yourself. You can't do it. The book is so wonderful it demands to be read out loud. And besides, if you didn't read the book out loud, how would the Snatch-a-book hear it?"—Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick "This ever-so-sweet story begs to be read out loud." —Booklist " The gorgeous illustrations are a perfect match for the lively text. This book is a fabulous fit for both storytime and one-on-one reading. Children will be begging for this book to be read to them every night–clever ones will claim they want to keep the Snatchabook happy." —School Library Journal "The husband-and-wife team of the Dochertys have a winner in this heartwarming tribute to the essential role of bedtime reading in the lives of families." —Publishers Weekly "The story is sweet and the illustrations darling." —Kirkus "This whodunit with an uplifting ending will appeal to fans of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! . . . [it] celebrates bedtime reading as a ritual to be revered, and features a thief who merely wants to share in the fun." —Shelf Awareness Pro



The History of William Marshal

Author : Nigel Bryant

Publisher : Boydell Press

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 34,67 MB

Release : 2018

Category : France

ISBN : 9781783273034

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The career of William Marshal (1146/7-12), who rose from being the penniless, landless younger son of a middle-ranking nobleman to be regent of England in the minority of Henry III, is one of the most extraordinary stories of theMiddle Ages. His biography was completed shortly after his death by a household minstrel and we are fortunate that it survives to give a unique portrait of a twelfth-century knight's life in the early days of tournaments and chivalry as well as his career in warfare and politics.