Knights and Warhorses : Military Service and the English Aristocracy Under Edward III

Andrew Ayton
Boydell & Brewer
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The mounted, armoured knight is one of the most potent symbols of medieval civilisation; indeed, for much of the middle ages the armoured warhorse was what defined a man as a member of the military class..

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