The Unconquered Knight: A Chronicle of the Deeds of Don Pero Nio, Count of Buelna
The Unconquered Knight: A Chronicle of the Deeds of Don Pero Nio, Count of Buelna (First Person Singular) Gutierre Diaz de Gamez, Joan Evans (Translator)
Publisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843831015
Edition: Paperback; 2004-10
Summary:
Gutierre Diaz de Gamez entered the service of Pero Nio, count of
Buelna, in 1402, when they were both about 23, and served as head of
his military household for nearly fifty years. He began a chronicle
of his master's deeds in about 1431, and it is this eyewitness
account of the life of a knight, both in war and peace, which is
translated here. It is written in praise of his master, but beneath
the veneer of hero-worship a good deal of the reality of a knight's
existence shows through: even in the prologue, Diaz de Gamez gives a
bitter picture of the hardships of a military campaign: 'Knights who
are at the wars eat their bread in sorrow; their ease in weariness
and sweat... Mouldy bread or biscuit, meat cooked or uncooked, water
from a pond or a butt, poor sleep with their armour still on their
backs, the enemy an arrow-shot off...' On the other hand, he can
evoke the glories of a tournament, in which his master excelled, and
his triumphs as a military commander both by sea and land. It is a
story full of colour, adventure and romance, and one which deserves
its place in the chronicles of chivalry.
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