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  2. Man-at-arms - Wikipedia

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    A man-at-arms was a soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periods who was typically well-versed in the use of arms and served as a fully-armoured heavy cavalryman. [ a ] A man-at-arms could be a knight , or other nobleman , a member of a knight's or nobleman's retinue, or a mercenary in a company serving under a captain.

  3. Infantry in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    The High Medieval period also saw the expansion of mercenary forces, unbound to any medieval lord. Routiers , such as Brabançons and Aragones , were supplemented in the later Middle Ages by Swiss pikeman, the German Landsknecht , and the Italian Condottiere - to provide the three best-known examples of these bands of fighting men.

  4. List of medieval weapons - Wikipedia

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    Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion; Katana; Knife; Longsword; Messer; Rapier; Sabre or saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)

  5. Medieval warfare - Wikipedia

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    Medieval warfare is the warfare of the Middle Ages. Technological, cultural, and social advancements had forced a severe transformation in the character of warfare from antiquity , changing military tactics and the role of cavalry and artillery (see military history ).

  6. List of medieval armour components - Wikipedia

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    Late medieval gothic plate armour with list of elements. The slot in the helmet is called an occularium. The slot in the helmet is called an occularium. This list identifies various pieces of body armour worn from the medieval to early modern period in the Western world , mostly plate but some mail armour , arranged by the part of body that is ...

  7. Compagnie d'ordonnance - Wikipedia

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    The compagnie d'ordonnance was the first standing army of late medieval and early modern France.The system was the forefather of the modern company.Each compagnie consisted of 100 lances fournies, which was built around a heavily armed and armored gendarme (heavy cavalryman), with assisting pages or squires, archers and men-at-arms, for a total of 600 men.

  8. Bill (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    A medieval bill with a spike and a hook. A bill is a class of agricultural implement used for trimming tree limbs, which was often repurposed for use as an infantry polearm. In English, the term 'Italian bill' is applied to the similar roncone or roncola, but the Italian version tended to have a long thrusting spike in addition to the cutting ...

  9. Knight-villein - Wikipedia

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    In medieval Portugal, two-thirds of knights-villein were obligated to partake for a set number of weeks in a fossado (raid) on Muslim territory, being entitled to a share of captured loot, but fined 15 soldos if they did not respond to the call to arms in case of foreign invasion. [4]