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Konrad von Limpurg as a knight being armed by his lady in the Codex Manesse (early 14th century). Chivalry, or the chivalric language, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220.
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The following is a list of known Furusiyyah treatises (after al-Sarraf 2004, al-Nashīrī 2007). [13]Some of the early treatises (9th to 10th centuries) are not extant and only known from references by later authors: Al-Asma'i, Kitāb al-khayl (خيل "horse"), Ibn Abi al-Dunya (d. 894 / AH 281) Al-sabq wa al-ramī, Al-Ṭabarānī (d. 971 / AH 360) Faḍl al-ramī, Al-Qarrāb (d. 1038 / AH ...
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 ).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. Honorary title awarded for service to a church or state "Knights" redirects here. For the Roman social class also known as "knights", see Equites. For other uses, see Knight (disambiguation) and Knights (disambiguation). A 14th-century depiction of the 13th-century German knight Hartmann ...
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; ... Medieval knights (14 C, 11 P) W. ... Pages in category "Knights" The following 10 pages are in this category, out ...
An illustration of a misericorde from a 1908 textbook. A misericorde (/ ˌ m ɪ z ər ɪ ˈ k ɔːr d / or /-z ɛr ɪ-/; from French miséricorde, "mercy"; itself derived from the Latin misericordia, "act of mercy") was a long and narrow knife used during the High Middle Ages to deliver mercy killings to mortally wounded knights, as it was designed to be thin enough to strike through the gaps ...
A left-arm vambrace; the bend would be placed at the knight's elbow An ornate German (16th century) vambrace made for Costume Armor. Vambraces (French: avant-bras, sometimes known as lower cannons in the Middle Ages) or forearm guards are tubular or gutter defences for the forearm worn as part of a suit of plate armour that were often connected to gauntlets.