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cPAlluye, French mid-i3th cent. Cloisters Mus. New York; Apocalypse of St. John, French late i3th cent. Brit. Lib.)

Fj: Aragonese light cavalryman of Cardona family

The light cavalry of Catalonia and Aragon would evolve into the light horsemen d la jineta character-istic of later medieval Spain. Many had fuli mail hauberks, light helmets and large round shields, but this man also seems to have a thickly padded armour beneath his surcoat. The peculiar object behind the saddle, shown on an Aragonese carving, is here interpreted as a seat for an infantryman. (Main sources: relief carving from Poblet Monastery, late i 3th cent. Met. Mus. New York)

G: Battle of Courtrai, 1302:

Gi: French knight

In the i4th century ‘great helms’ would be relegated to the tournament, but this knight still wears a simple version built up of riveted sections. Beneath his hauberk is a fabric-covered coat-of-plates, while his mail chausses show the outline of rigid greaves beneath. Large domed poleyns protect his knees. The man wields a heavy falchiotr, and his horse is protected by a fuli mail bard with a ąuilted lining. (Main sources: History of William of Tyre, French early i4th cent. Ms. Fr. 352, Bib. Nat. Paris; Les Chroniąues de St. Denis, French early 14th cent. Ms. Roy. i6.G.VI, Brit. Lib. London; Histoiredu Bon Roi Alexandre, French c.1300, Ms. 11040, Bib. Royale, Brussels)

G2: Senior Flemish militiaman The metal-lined coat-of-plates worn by this man was seen in both France and Germany. The rest of his equipment includes a chapel-de-fer worn over a close-fitting cewelliere and gauntlets covered with whale-bone scales. The spiked goedendag ‘mace’ was closely associated with Flemish infantry. (Main sources: Courtrai Chest, Flemish early 14A cent. New College, Oxford; ‘Massacre of the Innocents’, German late i3th cent. Ms. Add. 17,687, Brit. Lib.; ‘Massacre of the Innocents’, relief carvings i3th cent. in situ church, Norrey; brass tomb-slab of Sir Brocardus de Charpignie, French late I3th cent. location unknown)

‘Flemish militia at the battle of Courtrai’, The Courtrai Chest, Flemish early tĄth century. No w proved to datę from shortly after the battle of Courtrai, this carved chest celebrates militia victorics over French Royal armies during the early I4th century Flemish uprising. Here crossbowmen shoot behind a row oflong spears while men armed with heavy spiked goedendags stand behind them. (New College Library, Oxford; author’s photograph)

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