Knights and castles

Knights and castles

Rupert Matthews

Book - 2016

Investigate the defenses and life in the greatest medieval castles and the chivalrous and heroic actions of best-known knights.

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Subjects
Knights and knighthood > Juvenile literature.
Castles > Juvenile literature.
Civilization, Medieval > Juvenile literature.
Published
New York, New York : DK Publishing, a Division of Penguin Random House [2016]
Language
English
Main Author
Rupert Matthews (author)
Edition
First American edition
Item Description
Includes index.
"Explore amazing castles!"--Cover.
Physical Description
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781465453938
9781465453945
9781518216541
  • Protecting the people
  • The great castles
  • Mighty knights
  • Castles for monks
  • Castles at war.
Review by Horn Book Review

In a text leveled for "beginning to read alone," five chapters explain castles' historic role as defense mechanisms, emphasizing how design evolved to protect knights, monks, and villagers in wartime. Political circumstances such as the Crusades are mentioned but largely unexplained. Well-placed, often captioned photographs introduce unfamiliar structures. Dynamic formatting (including diagrams and a mock news article) introduce additional nonfiction features. Quiz appended. Glos., ind. (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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