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 211
a knight, that is to say, on horseback and in armour.It was customary for the two parties to a judicial duel to appear before theircount or lord; after reciting his wrongs, the plaintiff threw down his gage-generally a glove or gauntlet—which his adversary then exchanged for hisown as a sign that… … Fig. 127.— How the plaintiff and the defendant take the final oath before the judge.—Fac-simileof a Miniature in Ceremonies des Gages de Bataille, a Manuscript of the Fifteenth Centuryin the National Library of Paris. responsible for their safe custody, and bind themselves, in case their…
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