This French term dates to the practice of knights assuming special names for battle
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Battle of Agincourt - Wikipedia  The Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory in the Hundred Years' War. The battle took place on Friday, 25 October 1415 (Saint Crispin's Day), near Azincourt, in northern France. Henry V's victory at Agincourt, against a numerically superior French army, ..... Barker states that some knights, encumbered by their armour, actually...
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French nobility - Wikipedia  The French nobility (French: la noblesse) was a privileged social class in France during the .... Properly, only those who were already noble could assume a hereditary title ... The king could also confer special privileges, such as peerage, on a noble fief. .... Later distinction was that a Knight (Sieur) went through the dubbing...
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Free Flashcards about MIDDLE AGES - StudyStack  THIS FRENCH TERM DATES TO THE PRACTICE OF KNIGHTS ASSUMING SPECIAL NAMES FOR BATTLE, NOM DE GUERRE ... THE NAME OF THIS PART OF A KNIGHT'S ARMOR COMES FROM AN OLD FRENCH WORD MEANING...
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Chivalry - Wikipedia  Chivalry, or the chivalric code, is a code of conduct associated with the medieval institution of ... The term chivalry derives from the Old French term chevalerie, which can be .... The martial skills of the knight carried over to the practice of the hunt, and ..... He was killed during the Hundred Years War at the Battle of Poitiers.
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Census - This is Jeopardy! - game has a winner | Page 17 | Jedi ...  Member Since: Mar 13, 2006. star 5. Fightin' Words for 800: This French term dates to the practice of knights assuming special names for battle.
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Free Flashcards about MIDDLE AGES - StudyStack  THESE HEROIC CHAMPIONS OF CHIVALRY SHARE THEIR NAME WITH A 1950S RICHARD BOONE TV CHARACTER, PALADINS. CODE OF BEHAVIOR...
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Language quirks: Freelance - WORD SWORDS  The term freelance, meaning a "self-employed person," is a term with an interesting past. It has come down to us from medieval times, when knights independent of any ... (compagnies grandes) knights, free men who would sell their skills with the ... Today, a freelance has come to mean a person who acts according to his...
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jeopardy/1214_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  Value: $1000. Number: 16. KNIGHTS | In the 12th C. these French minstrels began composing songs about knights called chansons de geste | Troubadours.
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chivalry - Bellarmine Forums  There is more than one kind of Chivalry, and lance thrusts are .... the most interesting in eastern France, although when Gautier took up his ...... Christians, and some of the proudest barons lost their heads. ...... Middle Ages, and which figures on the maps of the 12th Century. ...... Clerics and laymen were all equally bearded,...
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Accolade - Wikipedia  The accolade (Latin: benedictio militis) was the central act in the rite of passage ceremonies ... In the first example, the "knight-elect" kneels in front of the monarch on a ... of the accolade, history records that William the Conqueror used the blow. ... sufficiently impressed by a warrior's loyalty, would tap a fighting soldier on his...
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Jeopary Questions page 2121 - LAW & GOVERNMENT - TriviaBistro ...  HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: It's the holiday on which the Tournament of Roses .... TOURNAMENT: Celebrated until the 17th c., the last knights' tournaments to ... no-holds-barred medieval group combat contest was basically mob against mob ... well as this 5-letter word, can be used to describe mounted combat between...
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Becoming a Knight - Medieval Life and Times  ... to acquire the skills required of a Knight by practising the skills of tilting a lance during their ... A target was erected and the Page would mount a wooden 'horse' on wheels ... The tool used in the practice of the lance was called called the quintain. The quintain consisted of a shield and dummy which was suspended from a...
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The Knights Templar  Despite their fearsome, battle-hardened reputation, the Knights Templar ... He further claims that special knowledge about the Temple in Jerusalem was ... Of the ten original knights, four have not been identified, although their names are known. ... commonly believed the Templars were at odds with the Vatican and their...
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Squire - Wikipedia  Beginning in the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight. At times ... Squire is a shortened version of the word esquire, from the Old French ... A squire was typically a teenaged boy, training to become a knight. ... Squires were the second step to becoming a knight, after having served as a page.
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Full text of "Medieval Arms, Armor, and Tactics" - Internet Archive  Pippin strengthened his position, and that of the Roman Church, by both asking .... 18 The Political Powers of the 12 th Century Through the 12 th century, and ... of France would join the many other knights and peasants 19 on the crusade. ..... ki sh armies consisted of lightly armored foot soldiers, armed with swords, spears,...
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Knights of the Round Table - Timeless Myths  Apr 10, 2008 ... The Arthurian knights, who sat with King Arthur around a circular table, .... Each seat (sieges) would have the name of knight magically written on ... Other times, the shield had only one colour or sometimes they had a stripe or two. ..... Also, Gawain wasn't a French knight, like Lancelot, Galahad and Tristan.
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Medieval Armour - Medieval Warfare  Medieval Armour and Shields. ... A mail collar worn strapped around the neck was called a pixane or standard. ... The word maille comes from the French, meaning mesh or net. The use ... Eventually mail was supplanted by plate for the most part. .... Even knights in heavy jousting armour were not winched onto their horses.
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Chess Notation  And both the descriptive Chess notation and the algebraic Chess notation have ... Before, the practice was to identify a Rook, Knight, or Bishop as the King's or ... The names of the pieces in Spanish, French, and Italian and their one-letter ... seems to indicate an abbreviation; but there can be spaces both before and after the...
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Chevalier | Define Chevalier at Dictionary.com  French History. the lowest title of rank in the old nobility. 3. ... Maurice (Auguste) ... You did not think your old aunt had so much spirit, did you, chevalier mine? ... "They shall not be before us if I can prevent it, chevalier," replied she, warmly. ... chivaler "mounted knight," Old French chevalier "knight, horseman, knight in chess"...
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Battle of Tours (732 A.D.) - The Latin Library  The Battle of Tours (often called the Battle of Poitiers, but not to be confused with ... 732 between forces under the Frankish leader Charles Martel and a massive ... both eastern and western accounts the Battle began, both armies were at full strength. ... Eudes appealed to the Franks for assistance, which Charles Martel only...
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Download File - PTHS English Garden  produced its own heroic tales in the form of saints' lives and chansons de ... is called the "Middle Ages." or the medieval .... minstrels. who sang or chanted the fabulous deeds of earlier heroes. Many of .... tury in southern France. poet-musicians called troubadours. (tro'ba-dorz')fron1 a French word meaning "to compose".