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Though in English the term man-at-arms is a fairly straightforward rendering of the French homme d'armes, [b] in the Middle Ages, there were numerous terms for this type of soldier, referring to the type of arms he would be expected to provide: In France, he might be known as a lance or glaive, while in Germany, Spieß, Helm or Gleve, and in various places, a bascinet. [2]
The first cuirassiers were similar in appearance to the fully armoured Late Medieval man-at-arms. They wore three-quarter armour that covered the entire upper body as well as the front half of the legs down to the knee. The head was protected by a close helm, burgonet, or lobster-tailed pot helmet, usually worn with a gorget for the neck.
The translation above is adapted slightly from program notes for the early music group Capella Alamire. An extensive listing of sources and critical commentary on Masses based on the "L'homme armé" tune, created as part of a Spring 2002 seminar by Mary Kay Duggan at the University of California, Berkeley, is available at Reform and music: 1450 ...
The Duchy of Brittany also ordered the equivalent of the lance in an ordinance of 1450. While the basic lance was the familiar three man structure of man-at-arms, coutilier and page, dependent on the wealth of the man-at-arms, additional archers or juzarmiers (that is, men equipped with a guisarme) were added.
This explains the evolution of the meaning of the word gendarme from a noble man-at-arms to a military police officer. Under Napoleon I, the Elite Gendarmes of the Imperial Guard (Gendarmes d'élite de la Garde impériale) was a gendarmerie unit formed in 1801 by Napoleon as part of the Consular Guard which became the Imperial Guard in 1804. In ...
A 1990 comic movie (Based on Twilight Zone "Queen of the Nile") had a vain woman using and sacrificing dozens of willing men to maintain her beauty until to her shock and horror one man refuses her..and she becomes older! It has also been suggested that there is a strong similarity with the plot of Monty Python's Seduced Milkmen sketch.
A man-at-arms is a type of medieval and Renaissance soldier. Man at arms or men at arms may also refer to: Man-At-Arms, a fictional character in the Masters of the Universe franchise; A Man at Arms, a 2021 novel by Steven Pressfield; Men at Arms, a 1993 novel by Terry Pratchett; Men at Arms, an Estonian comedy film originally titled Malev
Pakistan Navy (Urdu : پاک بحریہ) Motto (Arabic): (English translation: Allah (Alone) is Sufficient for us, and he is the Best Disposer of affairs) "A silent force to be reckoned with" Pakistan Marines ( Urdu : پا مير ينز) Motto ( Arabic ): (English translation: "And hold fast to the rope of God and do not be divided")