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In Saint George's Name
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: Christian Tobler
Categories: Martial arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-21 - Publisher: eBook Partnership

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The medieval knight was a well-trained fighting man, expert in the use of sword, lance, spear and dagger, and member of a warrior aristocracy whose values, virt
St George
Language: en
Pages: 144
Authors: Samantha Riches
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-15 - Publisher: Reaktion Books

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The image of St. George—atop his horse, lance plunged halfway into a dragon’s body—is so familiar to us that we take for granted what a long history it ha
The Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Language: en
Pages: 600
Authors: Gabriel Banat
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Pendragon Press

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Banat, a concert violinist and teacher, describes the life of this virtuoso violinist, who is thought to be the earliest black European composer, born on his fa
Saint George and the Dragon
Language: en
Pages: 32
Authors: Margaret Hodges
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990-09-01 - Publisher: Perfection Learning

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Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside
The Cult of Saint George in Medieval England
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Jonathan Good
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

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How St. George became the patron saint of England has always been a subject of speculation. He was not English, nor was his principal shrine there - the usual c