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Feehtbuch (pi. Fechtbiicher)
fin amors
gambeson
gardbrace
gendarme
gentry
goedendag
hauberk
hobelar
knighting
lance
man-at-arms
marshal
melee
miles (pi. milites)
Muinesanger
minis teriales
ordo (pi. ordines)
pas d'armes
literally 'fight book '; a German term lor manuals on medieval
combat techniques
courtly love
a padded coat, similar to an aketon, but worn over armour
rather than under it
a plate covering the left shoulder, reinforcing the pauldron
literally 'man at arms', a late medieval term lor a knight
English term for a social group, incorporating the squire,
below that of the knight but above the free peasant
a stout club bound at its head with an iron band and a steel pin
projecting from the end (also referred to as the gepinde staf)
a sleeved mail shirt reaching the wearer's knees and,
occasionally, a coil that protected the wearer's head
a mid-14th -century English term for a form ol 'second-class'
cavalry, similar to a sergeant
also known as 'dubbing' or 'belting', the ritual by which a man
was accepted into the closed elite of knights
as well as describing a weapon, this term referred to a small unit
of knights
catch-all term for those of all social ranks who served in war in
the manner of a knight including, from around the 14th century,
the knight himself
a military title. In the military orders the marshal was in
command of the Order on the field. In other armies the marshal,
along with the constable, had a role in its organization and
discipline
the melee was a free-form tourney in which teams of knights
fought en masse. It had little to distinguish it from battles except
the presence of an audience
literally 'soldier', a Latin term for a knight
German poets, often knights, who wrote Minnesang, songs and
lyrics on the theme of courtly love, but also about the political
events of their day
German knights who in many ways shared the status of serfs
order, most often used to describe a divison of society, but also
in the context of orders of knighthood (e.g. Order of the Garter,
Order of the Star etc)
organized challenges often fought during lulls in military
campaigns
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