| Contents |
Page, squire, and knight -- The knight's arms and armor -- Jousts and tournaments -- How to capture a castle -- Daily life in a castle -- Life on a manor -- Pilgrimages and crusades -- Military orders, monks, and monasteries -- Hermits, friars, and missionaries -- Life in town -- Merchant gilds and craft gilds -- How goods were sold -- Schools and literature -- Science and medicine -- Architecture and the arts. |
| Abstract |
Long regarded as an authoritative source on medieval life and customs for young people, this covers such topics as: the training of knights; jousts and tournaments; monks and monasteries; merchant and craft guilds; arts and science; commerce; education; and life in castle, manor, and town. |
| Local note | Joyner Rare copy has inscription note taped to front flyleaf reading: "Miss Elizabeth Silver to Miss M. H. Hinton, Midway Plantation Raleigh North Carolina." |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Rare copy gift of the Godfrey Cheshire family, 11/6/2023 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Tappan, Eva March, 1854-1930. When knights were bold. Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911 |
| Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
| LCCN | 11028668 |
