Top ten knights in literature

Thomas Asbridge is reader in medieval history at Queen Mary, University of London and the author of The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones. One of his top ten knights in literature, as shared at the Guardian:Beowulf, anonymous

More than 1,000 years ago, audiences were transfixed by the stirring tale of Beowulf’s battle with the monster