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 85
e in the power of the seignior, who, having the 43 WAR AND ARMIES. right to dispose of their military services, enjoyed the right of reize—a rightthat gave him the power of assembling and leading to battle a certainnumber of feudal groups. Obey my summons, or I will burn you ! *were the words of… … Fig. 42.—After the Battle of Hastings (14th October, 1066), the relatives of the vanquished cameto carry away their dead. The body of the Saxon King, Harold, is taken to Waltham bythe monks of that monastery. In the background is seen Battle Abbey, founded by DukeWilliam on the site of the…
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