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Cantor, Norman F.

 
9780743226882: The Last Knight: The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era
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ISBN 10 : 0743226887 ISBN 13 : 9780743226882
Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

A portrait of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and celebrated knight, is set in a context of the late-fourteenth-century pre-Renaissance era and identifies him as Europe's richest man, a patron of Chaucer, a last leader of the Plantagenet family, and a founder of the Lancastrian Dynasty. 50,000 firs

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In THE LAST KNIGHT, renowned historian Norman Cantor presents a brilliant portrayal of John of Gaunt and the age in which he lived. Cantor brings to life a captivating historical figure, providing a glimpse into an era marked by the end of chivalry and the onslaught of the plague as well as the beginning of the Renaissance and the modern world.
At the end of the fourteenth century, John of Gaunt , the Duke of Lancaster, was the richest man in Europe. A man of honour and chivalry, raised to fight on horseback, he presided over one of Europe's most cultivated courts. He was Chaucer’s patron, a champion of an emerging strain of Protestantism, and the last leader of the Plantagenet family and the founder of the Lancastrian Dynasty before the War of the Roses. The adventures and accolades of this celebrated knight serve as an ideal backdrop for an exploration into the tumultuous era in which he lived, and Cantor offers a compulsively readable tour. THE LAST KNIGHT expertly draws readers into a fascinating time of cultural achievements and peasant revolts, wars and disease, courtly love and bloodshed.

Biographie de l'auteur

Norman Cantor is Professor of History, Sociology and Comparative Literature at New York University and is America's leading historian of the Middle Ages.

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743226887
ISBN 13 
9780743226882
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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