The Knight in History
&#8220;Illuminates the evolution of knighthood&#8221; (New York Times Book Review)&#8220;A carefully researched, concise, readable, and entertaining account of an institution that remains a part of the Western imagination.&#8221; (Los Angeles Times)&#8220;Splendid &#8230; This detailed look, focusing as it often does on individual men, shows the knight in a new and more interesting light, whether Roland or Galahad.&#8221; (Washington Post)&#8220;Gies&#8217;s writing is fresh and direct, her scholarship is exact, and she approaches her subject with excitement.&#8221; (The New Yorker)