Armor for Fighting on Horseback
The heavily armored knight of noble birth, wielding a 12 foot lance and mounted on a sturdy war-horse, was the dominant force on the medieval battlefield from the 9th to the mid 14th century, by which time improved weapons and training made the infantry (soldiers on foot) his...
Artifact
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id
30640
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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pageCount
1
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import
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| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.581 |
Terms
Culture
Medieval European