Utilizing CGI and 3-D model illustration, this book explores knights and castles.

Includes index.

Knights in time:Knights in the middle ages -- Knights of the crusades -- Knights and soldiers in battle -- Knights' last stand -- Castle as fortress: Need for castles -- Castles in time -- Castle construction -- Castle besieged -- Attack and defense -- Castle as palace: Castle at peace -- Castle people: Who's who -- Working the castle land -- Castle leisure -- Entertainment and banquets -- Castles in decline -- Knights' world: Becoming a knight -- Knight's armor and weapons -- Mounted knight -- Jousting: practice for war -- Castles: Tower of London, England: Castle to kings -- Krak des Chevaliers, Syria: Knight's rock -- Castel del Monte, Italy: Riddle in stone -- Caerphilly, Wales: Shielded by water -- Mont-Saint-Michel, France: Castle in the sea -- Poenari, Romania: Dracula's castle -- Countries and castles -- Glossary -- Index.