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100 ВЕЛИКИХ РЫЦАРЕЙ

Bibliographic Description

100 великих рыцарей / Вовк, О.В. – М. : Вече, 2004. – (100 великих). – ISBN 5-9533-0317-3.

Author
Вовк, О.В.
Publisher
Вече
Year of publication
2004
Classification index (UDC)
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Language
Russian
Publication type
Book
Country of Publication
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Access
Available to all

Description

The author of the book "100 Great Knights" - the medievalist historian O.V. Vovk - set himself the goal of showing representatives of the knightly caste of one country or another in the context of a particular historical era. The first part of the book contains 20 biographies of legendary or semi-legendary knights, warriors, and heroic champions, compiled on the basis of heroic epic poetry: legends, songs, tales, and byliny. The second part of the book unfolds before the reader a broad panorama of turbulent historical events, in which another 80 knights, whose real existence is beyond doubt, took direct part. The author paid the closest attention to such vivid and significant milestones as the era of the Crusades, the Hundred Years' War, and the War of the Roses. The final chapter presents the most interesting figures active at the twilight of the age of chivalry.

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