Medieval Knight Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medieval Knight Science write by Allison Lassieur. This book was released on 2016-08. Medieval Knight Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Describes the science behind the armor, weapons, training, and tactics used by medieval knights in combat"--
Medieval Knight Science
Medieval Knight Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Medieval Knight Science write by Allison Lassieur. This book was released on 2016-10-06. Medieval Knight Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Medieval knights were like armoured tanks in combat. They often made quick work of their enemies. They may not have realized it, but they owed their success to science. Engaging text, fascinating photos and useful illustrations will help young readers understand how science helped medieval knights to win victory in battle.
The Life of a Medieval Knight
The Life of a Medieval Knight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Life of a Medieval Knight write by Ruth Owen. This book was released on 2015-01-01. The Life of a Medieval Knight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Enter the dark and dangerous world of the medieval knight. Find out how these skilled warriors fought in bloody battles, riding on fierce warhorses trained to kick and bite their masters' enemies. See the weaponry and armor used by knights, learn how knights began their training at just 8 years old, and explore the everyday lives of these historic warriors who fought in return for castles and treasure. And for fun!
The Greatest Knight
The Greatest Knight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Greatest Knight write by Thomas Asbridge. This book was released on 2014-12-02. The Greatest Knight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Renowned scholar Thomas Asbridge brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it. Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows at age five, William Marshal defied all odds to become one of England’s most celebrated knights. Thomas Asbridge’s rousing narrative chronicles William’s rise, using his life as a prism to view the origins, experiences, and influence of the knight in British history. In William’s day, the brutish realities of war and politics collided with romanticized myths about an Arthurian “golden age,” giving rise to a new chivalric ideal. Asbridge details the training rituals, weaponry, and battle tactics of knighthood, and explores the codes of chivalry and courtliness that shaped their daily lives. These skills were essential to survive one of the most turbulent periods in English history—an era of striking transformation, as the West emerged from the Dark Ages. A leading retainer of five English kings, Marshal served the great figures of this age, from Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine to Richard the Lionheart and his infamous brother John, and was involved in some of the most critical phases of medieval history, from the Magna Carta to the survival of the Angevin/Plantagenet dynasty. Asbridge introduces this storied knight to modern readers and places him firmly in the context of the majesty, passion, and bloody intrigue of the Middle Ages. The Greatest Knight features 16 pages of black-and-white and color illustrations.
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science
The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science write by Seb Falk. This book was released on 2020-11-17. The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Named a Best Book of 2020 by The Telegraph, The Times, and BBC History Magazine An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk. "Falk’s bubbling curiosity and strong sense of storytelling always swept me along. By the end, The Light Ages didn’t just broaden my conception of science; even as I scrolled away on my Kindle, it felt like I was sitting alongside Westwyk at St. Albans abbey, leafing through dusty manuscripts by candlelight." —Alex Orlando, Discover Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. As medieval thinkers sought to understand the world around them, from the passing of the seasons to the stars in the sky, they came to develop a vibrant scientific culture. In The Light Ages, Cambridge science historian Seb Falk takes us on a tour of medieval science through the eyes of one fourteenth-century monk, John of Westwyk. Born in a rural manor, educated in England’s grandest monastery, and then exiled to a clifftop priory, Westwyk was an intrepid crusader, inventor, and astrologer. From multiplying Roman numerals to navigating by the stars, curing disease, and telling time with an ancient astrolabe, we learn emerging science alongside Westwyk and travel with him through the length and breadth of England and beyond its shores. On our way, we encounter a remarkable cast of characters: the clock-building English abbot with leprosy, the French craftsman-turned-spy, and the Persian polymath who founded the world’s most advanced observatory. The Light Ages offers a gripping story of the struggles and successes of an ordinary man in a precarious world and conjures a vivid picture of medieval life as we have never seen it before. An enlightening history that argues that these times weren’t so dark after all, The Light Ages shows how medieval ideas continue to color how we see the world today.
