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Knights in Shining Armor by Gail Gibbons

• Reading level: Ages 4-8, Grade K – 3
  
• Paperback, 32 pages
• From School Library Journal
• A look at knighthood presented in a captivating yet understandable form for young  readers. Gibbons explains the era, feudal system, castle configuration,  weapons, armor, chivalry, tournaments, as well as the process for  becoming a knight. The text flows smoothly and naturally for such a  grand scope, making this an ideal overview for beginning researchers. Blocked, concise narratives and appropriate labeling are incorporated unobtrusively into the large, horizontal, often double-page
  watercolor-and-pen illustrations, allowing for group sharing. Pictorial appendixes featuring King Arthur and his knights and dragon legends invite more extensive research. A shining example of the type of nonfiction that Gibbons does so well.

A Knight’s Own Book of Chivalry (The Middle Ages Series)

• Composed at the height of the Hundred Years War by Geoffroi de Charny, one of the most respected knights of his age, A Knight’s Own Book of Chivalry was designed as a guide for members of the Company of the Star, an order created by Jean II of France in 1352 to rival the English Order of the Garter.
• This is the most authentic and complete manual on the day-to-day life of the knight that has survived the centuries, and this edition contains a specially commissioned introduction from historian Richard W. Kaeuper that gives the history of both the book and its author, who, among his other achievements, was the original
  owner of the Shroud of Turin.

The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny: Text, Context, and Translation (The Middle Ages Series)

This is the same text as the above book, in a different format. It is the most pragmatic of all surviving chivalric manuals. It includes the essential commonplaces of knighthood in the mid-fourteenth century and gives a close-up view of what one knight in particular absorbed of the medieval world of ideas around him, what he rejected or ignored, and what he added from his experience in camp, court, and campaign.

About the editors’ contributions: Elspeth Kennedy here edits the original French text of Charny and provides a facing-page translation for the modern reader. Richard. W. Kaeuper’s historical study places both man and his work in full context. In the formal
themes that give Charny’s book structure, and in his many tangential comments and asides, this work proves a rich source for investigating questions about the political, military, religious, and social history of the later Middle Ages. With this translation, the prowess and piety of knights, their capacity to express themselves, their common  assumptions, their views on masculine virtue, women, and love once more come vividly to life.