Geoffrey of Brabant 166 Geoffrey of Brittany, Duke 89 Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou 92, 108, 149, 162, 172 Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou 200 Gerald of Wales 12, 51, 54, 56, 57, 129, 173 Girart of Vienne 147 Gloucester, Earl of 105, 126-7, 166, 169, 173 Godfrey de Bouillon 167 Godfrey of Harcourt 101 Golden Fleece, Order of 151, 197 Goths 22 Gotl<strong>and</strong> militia (1361) 35 Gr<strong>and</strong>son, Battle of (1476) 215, 217, 219 Gray, Sir Thomas 220—2 Gray, Thomas 11 1 Great Company of the One Hundred Years War 90, 155 Guillaume de Blancbourc 120 Guillaume le Breton 58 Guinegate, Battle of (1479) 216 Guy de Dampierre, Count of Fl<strong>and</strong>ers 110 GuydeNamur 78, 110, 122, 136 gyrfalcons 208 Hadrian, Emperor 86 halberd/bill 47 Hallidon Hill, Battle of (1333) 121 h<strong>and</strong>guns <strong>and</strong> musket development 217 Harfleur, Siege of (1415) 96, 114, 115, 124 Harold, King 108, 131, 133, 161, 162 'harrying of the north' (1069) 109 Hartmann von Aue 149 Hastings, Battle of (1066) 19, 75, 77, 97, 108, 121, 131, 133 hauberks (mail shirts) 30, 33, 34, 36, 51, 57-8 Hawkwood, Sir John 60, 90-1, 91, 92, 155 Hedingham Castle 204 Helias, Count of Maine 133,151 helms/helmets: 12—13th century developments 33—4; barbute 37-9; bascinet 8, 30, 35, 40; bascinet gr<strong>and</strong> 37; great 35, 36, 40; hounskull 36, 38; kettle hat 39; with nasal 33; Phrygian 33, 35; 'pot' 34, 34, 35, 56; Millet 37, 39; Spangenhelm construction 33; Roman cavalry 'sports' 85; Henry I 47, 51, 78, 96, 116, 122, 123, 138, 162, 176, 190 Henry II 51, 55, 58, 80, 81, 89, 92, 121, 182, 186, 190, 198, 200 Heniy II of France 89 Heniy III 118, 121, 160, 185, 190 Heniy IV 207 Henry V 80, 96-7, 104, 113, 114, 115, 116, 134, 135, 175, 177, 207, 212-13 Henry VII 19,201 Henry VIII 39 Heniy, King of Germany 137 Heniy de Spinefort 115—16 Heniy of Huntingdon 130-1,132 Heniy of Tolon 174 Heniy of Trastamara 102 INDEX 'Heniy the Young King' 80, 81, 82, 87-8, 92, 174, 190, 198, Heraldiy 31, 165-9, 223; livery 197-200; Scrope <strong>and</strong> Grosvenor dispute 168 Hilton! of William /Marshalsee Marshal, William Hohenzeuggestech competition, Germany 41, 50 Holkham picture bible 129 Holy Grail 157, 158 horses <strong>and</strong> horsemanship 60—3, 68—79; amour 63—5, 64, 223; coursers 62 hotchpotch' books (zibatdone) 193 Hounslow melee tournament (1215) 87 Hugh of Abbeville 202 Hugh of Tiberias 173-4 Hundred Years War 89-92, 102, 109, 113, 198 hunting 88, 206, 207-9; 'by bow <strong>and</strong> stable' 208•, par force 207-8 Imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire 105 Innocent VI, Pope 90 Irish, considred culturally inferior 172—3 Islam 173 Jacobus de Cessolis 194 Jacques of St Pol, Count 110, 112 Jaffa, Count of 131 James, King of Portugal 122 Jan van Renesse 79, 166 Jean II of France 137, 138, 151, 164, 198 Jean de Burlats 104-5 Jean de Clermont 168, 169 Jean de Montfort 1 15-16 Jean de Voysey 153 Jean du Bueil 146 Jean le Bel 13,54, 101, 130, 188 Jean le Maingre 56 Jean of Marmoutier 162 Jersualem, capture of 52 John, King 118,190 John of Bohemia 147 John of Earley 188 John of Reading 196 John of Salisbury 188 John of St<strong>and</strong>on 118 Joinville, Jean de 13, 50-1, 69, 74-5, 105, 120, 122, 129, 132, 134, 135, 153, 184, 188 Jouvencal, Le 156—8 judicial combat 82, 82-3, 84, 169 Julius Ceasar 19 'Just war'concept 152 Kastenbrust, German 55 Keith, Sir Robert 189 knee <strong>and</strong> elbow caps 35 <strong>Knight</strong>hood, origins in classical Greece <strong>and</strong> Rome 19—20 <strong>Knight</strong>s Hospitaller, Order of 62, 75, 101, 159, 160 237
KNIGHT <strong>Knight</strong>s Templar, Order of 13, 77, 100-1, 105, 133, 159-60, 164, 169, 191, 196; Rule of 13, 59, 62, 63, 75, Knolles, Sir Robert 92, 106 Knot, Order of the 122 Kraki, Hrolf 44 lance 24, 46—7; couching technique 34, 70—2; overtaken bv the pistol 217 L<strong>and</strong>Anechto 216, 217, 218, 219 Lateran Council, Second (1139) 48 Lausanne, Battle of (1476) 99-100 Le Mans, Siege of (1100) 151 Leopold of Austria, Duke 137 Lewes, Battle of (1264) 121, 133, 134 Liberi, Fiore dei 81—2 Lichtenauer, Johannes 81,93 Life of St Louij (Joinville) 129 Limoges, sack of (1370) 176 Lincoln, Battle of (1141) 47, 127, 138, 175 literacy, learning <strong>and</strong> piety 187—93 liveiy 197-200 jee alio heraldiy Livre de Cba.we (Phoebus) 206 Lodewijk van Veltham 58 lollards 189 Lorning, Nigel 200 Louis VI (the Fat) 58, 132, 133 Louis VII 190 Louis IX 13, 50-1, 69, 74-5, 105, 114, 117, 126, 127, 184, I^ouis XI 216 Louis de Bethune 147 Lull, Raymon 162, 168, 196 Lussac, Battle of (1369) 135-6 Luttrell psalter 65, 192, 192 Luttrell, Sir Geoffrey 65 mace 47 MacMurrough, Art 173 Magna Carta 191 mail chausses 58 mail shirts see hauberk ManeMe Codex 72 mangonel* 117, 118 Mansourah, Battle of (1250) 105, 126, 133, 134, 135, 169,220 Marmaduke, John Fitz 139 Marmion, Walter 220-2 marshal, rank of 100-1, 107, 184; 'of the realm' <strong>and</strong> 'host' distinction 104 Marshal, Gilbert 35, 69, 69 Marshal, John 116 Marshal, William 51, 56, 57, 58, 59, 68-9, 74, 75, 81, 82, 87-8, 92, 102, 107, 133, 145, 146, 166, 177, 183, 187, 188, 189, 190-1, 191 Martel, Charles 24 Matter of Game, <strong>The</strong> 207 masters (maguftri) 81—93 Matilda, Queen 47, 73, 120, 175, 190 238 Maximillian I 39 Medici, Aless<strong>and</strong>ro de 221 men-at-arms 107 Milan, Duchy of 90-1 military service <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>holding 22—3, 24—6 Minneoanger of Germany 149, 163, 170, 188 mittens, mail 33 Monsard d'Aisne 138 Mons-en- Pevele, Battle of (1304) 133 Morat, Battle of (1476) 100, 214, 217, 219 Morgan picture bible 189,192 Morlaix, Battle of (1342) 80 Mortimer, Roger 136, 150, 192, 194 Mortimer's Cross, Battle of (1461) 169 Mowbray, Philip 115 Myton, Battle of (1319) 134 Najera, Battle of (1366) 126, 182, 198 Nancy, Battle of (1477) 130 Napoleon 44 Neidhart von Reuental 149 Neville's Cross, Battle of (1346) 98 Nevsky, Alex<strong>and</strong>er 160 Nicopolis, Battle of (1396) 223 nol'leMe de I'e'pe'e <strong>and</strong> nobluM de robe distinctions 214 Norse sagas 44 Northallerton (Battle of the St<strong>and</strong>ard), Battle of (1138) 123, 132, 152, 173 Northampton, Battle of (1460) 99 Northampton, Earl of 90, 92 Oderic Vitalis 12, 96, 116, 134, 136, 155, 164, 189, 195-6 Odo, Bishop 47 Oliver du Guesclin 137 Ordene de chemtrie 173—4 Orderic Vitalis 58, 76, 149, 167 Ordinance lances, French 213, 216 Oxford, Earl of 169, 204 Parliaments 182, 185-6; of 1388 201; French 187 poo d'anneo 120 Patay, Battle of (1429) 214, 216 pauldrono 36, 40 Pavia, Battle of (1525) 218-19, 219 Peace Leagues 154 Peace of God (Pax Dei) movement 53, 152, 154, 162, 175 'Peasants' Crusade 52 Percival 157, 158 Pero Nino, Don 62 Peter the Hermit 52 Philip of Fl<strong>and</strong>ers, Count 88 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy 151 Philippe III 89 Philippe IV (the Fair) 110, 160 Philippe Augustus, of France 121, 153
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