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Pages in category "Medieval French knights" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
When called by the liege, the knight would command men from his fief and possibly those of his liege lord or in this latter's stead. Out of the Frankish concept of knighthood , associated with horsemanship and its arms, a correlation slowly evolved between the signature weapon of this rank, the horseman's lance , and the military value of the rank.
Medieval French knights (65 P) O. Orders of chivalry of France (7 C, 49 P) Pages in category "French knights" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 ...
The Paladins, also called the Twelve Peers, are twelve legendary knights, the foremost members of Charlemagne's court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th century) chanson de geste cycle of the Matter of France, where they play a similar role to the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian romance. [1]
Although the Normans were now both vassals of the French kings and their equals as kings of England, their zone of political activity remained centered in France. [51] An important part of the French aristocracy also involved itself in the crusades, and French knights founded and ruled the Crusader states.
Gilles de Rais, Baron de Rais (French: [ʒil də ʁɛ]; c. 1405 – 26 October 1440) was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army during the Hundred Years' War, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children.
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.
The French historian Aymar du Rivail described him as "courteous, cheerful; not proud, indeed modest". [3] For the investiture as a knight that he received in battle, Bayard always felt deeply linked to the chivalric code of honor. Absolute loyalty even towards enemies, charity and help were his rules of life, in fact he did his utmost for the ...