Knights. Illustrated atlas (9789669427823)

More than a thousand years ago, warriors appeared in Europe who had no equal in combat effectiveness. These were armored horsemen who took up arms to defend the king and their native land, the Christian faith and their lord, their own castle or high ideals. The golden age of knights spans about five hundred years, from 1000 to 1500, when these noble soldiers were the elite of military formations on the battlefield and the most influential part of feudal society.

Thanks to this book, you can take a fascinating journey into the Middle Ages, learn many unknown details about the life and everyday life of warriors of that time, the code and weapons of knights, the construction and sieges of castles. But you don’t have to use all your imagination to imagine the realities of the past - beautiful author’s illustrations, as if by magic, will take you to the harsh era of knights.