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Royal Jousts at the End of the Fourteenth Century
Häftad, 2012
381 kr
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Few images of chivalry are stronger in the popular mind than that of two armoured knights in a joust, crashing together astride their chargers.Yet, considering the importance of formal combat to the medieval aristocracy, we possess surprisingly few detailed accounts of tournaments, jousts or duels. …
Combat of the Thirty
Häftad, 2013
401 kr
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On March 27, 1351, sixty armed men gathered in a field in Brittany, halfway between the two enemy castles of Josselin and Ploermel. Representing the garrisons of those two strongholds, these two groups of thirty men at arms they had appeared in this field with no strategic or tactical goal, other …
Twelve of England
Av Noel Fallows
Häftad, 2013
385 kr
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In the waning years of the fourteenth century, the household of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster was scandalized when twelve petulant English knights publicly mocked the twelve ladies-in-waiting to the Duke's wife, calling them ugly to their faces. Outraged, the ladies sought immediate redress, …
Will a Frenchman Fight?
Chivalric Combat and Practical Warfare in the Hundred Years War
Häftad, 2016
463 kr
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The rulers of both England and France had reason to be unhappy as the 1380s dawned. Although the French regime was in better shape than it had been in a while, the country still lay open to English attack and the populace was angry about it. The English regime was no happier; it was futilely trying …
Murder, Rape, and Treason
Judicial Combats in the Late Middle Ages
Av Steven Muhlberger, Will McLean
Häftad, 2019
526 kr
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Murder, Rape and Treason: Judicial Combats in the Late Middle Ages contains accounts of some of the most sanguine, unusual or controversial judicial duels of the late Middle Ages. These duels—formal, limited combats—are among the best-known medieval deeds of arms, and were an important part of late …
