Download or read book The Book of the Knight of the Tower written by R. Barnhouse and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-06-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores knightly stories of medieval manners and is a commentary on what people in the middle ages wore, how they prayed and what they hoped for in this life and the next. These stories range from the shockingly bawdy to the deeply pious, and often end with morals about the ways women can avoid 'blame, shame, and defame'.