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Wolfram von Eschenbach and his squire (Codex Manesse, 14th century) A squire cleaning armour A squire helping his knight, in a historical reenactment in 2009 A squire holds the warhorse of his knight, detail from monument to Sir Richard Stapledon (d.1326), Exeter Cathedral. [1] In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a ...
Curtis Knight and the Squires Musical artist Curtis Knight (May 9, 1929 – November 29, 1999), born Mont Curtis McNear , was an American musician who is known for his association with Jimi Hendrix .
In Chapter 19 of Part I his squire Sancho Panza invents his first nickname, the hard-to-translate "Caballero de la Triste Figura": knight of miserable (triste) appearance (figura). Sancho explains its meaning: Don Quixote is the worst-looking man he has ever seen, thin from hunger and missing most of his teeth.
Sir Jacques le Gris (lit. "the Gray") (c. 1330s – 29 December 1386) was a French squire and knight who gained fame and infamy, and was ultimately killed when he engaged in one of the last judicial duels permitted by the Parlement of Paris after he was accused of rape by Marguerite de Carrouges, the wife of his neighbour and rival, Jean de Carrouges.
At some stage in 1964, [5] Hendrix met Knight in the lobby of a Harlem residential hotel and they hit it off. Hendrix became a member of the band Curtis Knight and the Squires in October the following year. [6] While with the band, Hendrix signed a contract with the owner of PPX Studios, Ed Chaplin for just one dollar.
Bachelor Samson Carrasco, Don Quixote's friend who jousts with him disguised as a rival knight, in an effort to get him to return home. The Knight of the Wood (also known as The Knight of the Mirrors) Bachelor Samson in disguise as a knight. he lost the joust with Don Quixote the first time and won it the second time. Once he won, Don Quixote ...
Jonkheer (female equivalent: jonkvrouw; French: Écuyer in the masculine only; jonkvrouw is used in the feminine, even in French; English: Squire) is an honorific in the Low Countries denoting the lowest rank within the nobility. In the Netherlands, this in general concerns a prefix used by the untitled nobility.
The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady is a book written by Gerald Morris. Its prequel is The Squire's Tale , also written by Gerald Morris. The plot is based on the late 14th century Arthurian romance , Sir Gawain and the Green Knight .