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- 1. Beowulf, anonymous.
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- 2. The Quest for El Cid by Richard Fletcher.
- The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang.
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Yet he was from far being the only knight, whether historical or fictional, to leave his mark on the middle ages. Here are 10 of the best works revealing the careers of other famous medieval warriors.
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In strict terms, Beowulf was not a knight, but rather a Scandinavian warrior, immortalised in an epic Old English poem composed in the early middle ages but perhaps not written down until the eighth century. Like William Marshal, El Cid was a self-made man who rose through the ranks, serving both the Christian kings of Castile and the Muslim lords of Zaragoza in the 11th century.
In a beautifully crafted work packed with insight, Richard emerges as a learned and deft politician, but a figure who also strove to prove his knightly prowess and crusading devotion. As an eyewitness to the 13th-century campaign, Joinville was able to pack his text with intimate details of his experiences, and he was often disarmingly honest about the horrors of medieval war. The first Duke of Cornwall, Edward was a military genius obsessed by notions of chivalry and Arthurian legend.
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The treatise sought to establish a code of behaviour for medieval knights, espousing the ideals of valour and courtesy, yet he wrote at a time when the crippling expenses associated with knighthood including armour, weaponry and horses meant that the warrior class was undergoing a recruitment crisis. The shift in military culture that began during the lifetimes of de Charny and Edward the Black Prince was perfectly epitomised by the infamous career of Sir John Hawkwood , the English mercenary who made his name and fortune fighting in the war-torn, pestilence-ridden world of late 14th-century Europe.
With a marked capacity for ruthlessness, Hawkwood was distrusted by many of his employers, but that did not stop him acquiring wealth and influence to rival that of a prince.
Worth reading for the glimpse it provides of a late medieval world still fascinated by the notions of chivalry and courtly love, yet conscious of the destructive violence associated with the warrior class. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
1. Beowulf, anonymous
Apr 03, Helen rated it liked it Shelves: Fourth and final book in the Tales of King Arthur Ladybird series. This was a collection of very short stories. As if a whole long series had been commissioned, but they decided they weren't popular enough to justify the extra editions. Also, there was foreshadowing in the early stories of Morgana using Lancelot to destroy Arthur, as well as Arthur's death and the return of Excalibur to the lake. Neither of which were satisfactorily dealt with.
This makes the series feel unfinished.
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Dec 16, Vannessa Anderson rated it really liked it Shelves: The illustrations were beautiful, realistic and colorful. The stories were a good length for the child who is being read to. I truly enjoyed the moral of the stories. Simon rated it liked it Dec 11, Halima added it Jan 06, Red Phoenix marked it as to-read Jan 10,