falconry
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Medieval hawking and falconry for the royals….
100 Years War, Battle of Hastings, Black Prince, Boke of St Albans, Chaucer, Conrad the Younger, Crecy Poitiers and Agincourt, Edward 2nd Duke of York, Edward I, Edward III, falconry, Frederik II.Holy roman emperor, Froissart, Gaston Phoebus, Harold Godwinson, hawking, Henry V, Henry VIII, James I, John Commins, John II of France, Parlement of Foules, Pero López de Ayala, Philip the Bold, Richard Almond, Richard II, Royal Mews Charing Cross, William I“….To authors on works on hunting, [men] such as Gaston III, compte de Foix (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_III%2C_Count_of_Foix) and Edward, Duke of York (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%2C_2nd_Duke_of_York), hunting was not just a sport or pastime, it was the essence of life itself….” So writes Richard Almond in the Introduction to his book Medieval Hunting. And as you read this work,…
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THE MYSTERIOUS DUBLIN KING AND THE BATTLE OF STOKE
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, Arthur “Tudor”, attainder, bastardy, Bermondsey Abbey, bigamy, Bishop of Meath, Coldridge, coronations, Dublin Cathedral, Earl of Kildare, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Edward V, Elizabeth Wydeville, falconry, Francis Viscount Lovell, George Duke of Clarence, Gordon Smith, Henry VII, heralds, Isobel Neville, Jasper “Tudor”, Jean Molinet, John Ashdown-Hill, John Earl of Lincoln, John Evans, John Strensham, John Tapton, John Taylour, kitchens, Margaret of Burgundy, Martin Schwarz, Minster Lovell, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Roger Harewell, Sheen, St. Edward’s Regalia, Stoke Field, The Dublin King, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Titulus Regius, Tower of London, Westminster AbbeyReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com The Last Stand of Martin Schwartz and his German Mercenaries at the Battle of Stoke Field 16th June 1487. Unknown artist Cassell’s Century Edition History of England c.1901. Dublin, Ireland 24th May 1487. A young lad is crowned King of England and France and Lord of Ireland in Christ…