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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEN-AT-ARMS»
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1
Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15)
'What's so hard about pulling a sword out of a stone? The real work's already been done. You ought to make yourself useful and find the man who put the sword in the stone in the first place.' The City Watch needs MEN!
Men at Arms is the first novel in Waugh's brilliant Sword of Honor trilogy recording the tumultuous wartime adventures of Guy Crouchback ("the finest work of fiction in English to emerge from World War II" -Atlantic Monthly), which also ...
3
Osprey
Men-
at-
Arms: A Celebration
Riddertiden; Middelalderen; Napoleonskrigene; Den 1. Verdenskrig 1914-1918; Den 2. Verdenskrig 1939-45.
4
The Spanish Tercios 1536-1704
A mixed infantry formation made up of about 3,000 men armed with pikes, swords and handguns, the innovative and influential tercio or 'Spanish square' was the basic combat unit of the armies of Spain throughout much of the 16th and 17th ...
Not only that, but the cast should still be able to be in the pub well before closing time. Oh, and a word of advice omitted from the play text: 'Learn the words' Havelock, Lord Vetinari
Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs, 2011
6
Nobles, knights, and
men-
at-
arms in the Middle Ages
These are questions that Maurice Keen is uniquely qualified to answer. This book is a collection of Maurice Keen's articles and deals with both the ideas of chivalry and the reality of warfare.
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The Scythians, 700-300 BC
This highly illustrated book details their costume, weapons and the way they waged war.
8
The Irish Wars 1485-1603
Bogen beskriver historien, organisationen og de taktikker der blev brugt af de kæmpende hære under de Irske Krige 1485-1603. Desuden vises uniformer.
Anxious to avoid the dull work of the administrators and planters, these men began to seek new territories to exploit, once again turning their faces towards the unknown.
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Tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy
Nordamerikanske indianere. Beskrivelse af Irokeserne, der omfattede adskillige indianerstammer bl.a. Mohawk og Cayuga stammerne, deres kultur og historie samt mødet med nybyggerne, og de konsekvenser dette medførte.
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEN-AT-ARMS»
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A blast from the past in Marblehead
Some of the activities found at Fort Sewall were a men-at-arms assembly, a canon display, a children's drill and a battle scenario at Seaside ... «Daily Item, Jul 15»
Meet Perth's 'royal family', knights bringing medieval history to life in …
The bravest knights of the barony have gathered to win the Baroness's approval in a tournament where the men-at-arms are auctioned to the ... «WA today, Jul 15»
HMAS Labuan a true piece of history
Freedom of Entry originated in medieval times, when a city would show its trust in a group of men-at-arms by allowing them to enter their walls ... «Northern Star, Jun 15»
Burnley men who fought at Agincourt
However, they point out there would have been about that number of horses - the men-at-arms requiring two or three horses each and half the ... «Pendle Today, Jun 15»
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Whilst the knights, vanguards and men-at-arms prance about one another with swords, you are in hiding with other archers, just behind some ... «Destructoid, Jun 15»
He-Man and GI Joe join the Toy Soldiers: War Chest fray
... his giant green cat—the imaginatively named Battle Cat—backed up by Swift Wind and an army of Man-At-Arms (Men-At-Arms?) and Orkos. «PC Gamer, Jun 15»
Watch: The real history behind 'Game of Thrones'
... to have taken place on British soil, with the hacked and smashed remains of forgotten men-at-arms still being exhumed by archaeologists. «Washington Post, May 15»
Britain's battlefield heroes had mud on their side
By the time the French men-at-arms stumbled up to the enemy lines, exhausted, disoriented and terrified, the English could pretty much have ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
How the Welsh helped Henry V win at Agincourt
Five hundred Welsh archers and 23 men-at-arms travelled to fight in France and it has even been said Welsh archers were the reason why ... «WalesOnline, Mar 15»
