How They Lived in the Age of Knights

by Birgit Janrup, Stig Hadenius, illustrated by Ulf Lofgren

Book cover: How They Lived in the Age of Knights

Extent: 32 pages

Publisher: The Lutterworth Press

Subjects: Social Sciences 

Series: How They Lived

Language: English

Hardback (No longer our product)

(November 1987)

ISBN: 9780718822002

8.27 x 11.65 inches

Price: $11.00

In stock

A guide to the life and times of the medieval knight for young readers, clearly and informatively written.


From the How They Lived series – easy-to-read books in which historical settings are vividly described and drawn for young readers. Eight or nine hundred years ago, a king’s power could depend on the loyalty of his lords and knights. How did he try to bind them to be faithful? What promises did a new knight make? Why did some knights become crusaders? This book describes, in a simple and approachable style, a little of life in a medieval castle, where a young squire and his sister go hunting with their lord, watch a great feast and enjoy a tournament, the girl looking forward to the day when her brother too will be a gallant knight, and when she will be a lady about whom the minstrels sing.

  • By (author) Stig Hadenius
  • By (author) Birgit Janrup
  • Illustrated by Ulf Lofgren