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Cast of When Knights Were Bold (1908), from left: Linda Arvidson, director D. W. Griffith, unknown player, and Harry Solter.. Although no copy of the film exists, the book is believed to have been optioned to the old Biograph Studios, adapted to a 1908 silent film / motion picture of the same name or under the title When Knights Were Bold by D. W. Griffith (1875-1948), and directed by Wallace ...
Ministeriales were trained knights, held military responsibilities and surrounded themselves with the trappings of knighthood, and so were accepted as noblemen. [ 1 ] Both women and men held the ministerial status, and the laws on ministeriales made no distinction between the sexes in how they were treated. [ 2 ]
The barge was a full-sized replica built in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The scene and the dance were filmed on the Laddins Rock Farm in Stamford/Old Greenwich, Connecticut. [7] [5] Hearst commissioned two songs from Victor Herbert: "The When Knighthood Was in Flower Waltz" and "The Marion Davies March," which were played at the New York premiere. [8]
Cast bullets require a longer bearing surface than jacketed bullets to maintain an equivalent alignment with the bore of the firearm; because the softer cast bullet can be more readily deformed. The most successful cast bullet designs have a round or flattened nose rather than a long, unsupported ogive.
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a 1903 children's novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. The book contains a compilation of various stories, adapted by Pyle, regarding the legendary King Arthur of Britain and select Knights of the Round Table. Pyle's novel begins with Arthur in his youth and continues through ...
Droit du seigneur [a] ('right of the lord'), also known as jus primae noctis [b] ('right of the first night'), sometimes referred to as prima nocta, [c] was a supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with any female subject, particularly on her wedding night.
The book begins when Anthony decides it’s practical to marry — but he doesn’t want to fall in love, knowing the pain his mother faced when she lost her husband. He decides, quite practically ...
The king, on his own instructions, becomes separated from the rest of his hunting party, follows the deer, kills it and is then surprised by the arrival of an armed knight, Sir Gromer Somer Joure, whose lands, this knight claims, have been seized from him by Sir Gawain. King Arthur is alone and unarmed and Sir Gromer's arrival poses a real ...