A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry

Geoffroi de Charny

University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated, Jun 9, 2005 - History - 116 pages

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 is an invaluable guide to fourteenth-century knighthood.

About the author

Geoffroi de Charny (1304?-56) was considered the quintessential knight of his age by his contemporaries. He was killed at the Battle of Poitiers. Richard W. Kaeuper is Professor of History at the University of Rochester. He is the author of a number of books, including Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe. Elspeth Kennedy is Sometime Fellow at St. Hilda's College, Oxford University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry; The Middle Ages Series
• Author: Geoffroi de Charny
• Translated by: Elspeth Kennedy
• Contributor: Richard W. Kaeuper
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Incorporated, 2005
• ISBN: 0812219090, 9780812219098
• Length: 116 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Medieval