Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 193
oured to create beside it, and sometimesabove it, a nobility of the sword, an individual and personal rank that couldnot be handed down from father to son (Fig. 118). Thus Philippe le Bel,being in want of soldiers after the Flemings had destroyed his chivalry—thatis to say, his nobility—attempted… … HU19 T Fig. 117.—Chivalry represented by Allegorical Figures.—Fac-simile of a Copperplate in the Spanishtranslation of the Chevalier delibere of Olivier de la Marche: 4to, Salamanca, 1573. knighted peasants who had displayed personal bravery on the field ofbattle. As for the Church, it contented…
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