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 200
charger or highhorse, which the knightonly mounted at the lastmoment. Hence the ex-pression, to ride the highhorse, which has becomeproverbial. As soon as the knighthad decided to mount hischarger, his squires pro-ceeded to arm him, that isto say, they firmly fastenedtogether all the… … Fig. 121.—German Knight, engraved by Burgmayer fromdesigns by Albert Diirer, taken from a collection entitledVita Imperatoris Maximiliani (Fifteenth Century). or iron casing ; an esquires neglect, indeed, frequently caused his mastersdeath. When a single combat took place, the esquires, drawn up…
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