What are castles and knights?
(2022)
By:
Fabiny, Sarah
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHAT
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Workshop, [2022]
DESCRIPTION
107 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780593226865, 0593226860, 9780593226872, 0593226879, 9780593226865, 0593226860
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
"An official WhoHQ book"--Page 1 of cover
What are castles and knights? -- Loyalty and protection -- My home, my castle -- So you want to be a knight -- Get your armor on -- Into battle -- Attack! -- More than a warrior -- Tournaments -- Knighthood's end -- Timeline
"Castles may conjure up a romantic fairy tale world; however, in real life, during the Middle Ages, castles were fortresses, providing shelter and protection for the lord as well as for the peasants who lived on his land. For an army, a lord depended on young soldiers in armor called knights who spent years at the castle learning the skills of warfare"--
Ages 8-12
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