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The last knight errant Sir Edward Woodville and the age of chivalry

Sir Edward Woodville was the medieval knight par excellence - except that his life coincided with the beginning of the Renaissance. With this vivid and long-awaited biography, Christopher Wilkins demonstrates how Sir Edward carved out an important role for himself in the 15th century, marrying the old-fashioned values of a chivalric age with the modernising trends that were dramatically re-shaping Europe. Far from an anachronism, "The Last Knight Errant" reveals how this quintessentially medieval figure, riding from battle to battle across Europe, was also profoundly engaged in the e.

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