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 218
and frequently fought for themwith sword, axe, and dagger. The preparations for a tournament afforded an animated and interestingpicture. The lists, which at first were of a round shape like the amphi-theatres of antiquity, were later constructed in a square, and later still in anoblong form ; they…
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