Nobility and Chivalry

‘BOOM No8′ courtesy of Stephen Moss/Photosm

Chevalier de Montmorency by Pierre Joubert

“ ’l066’ Battle Abbey ~ Michael Sadde” courtesy of ARW Photography

The king fights in the crowned helmet.

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Scandinavia, 11th-12th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Scandinavia, 11th-12th century, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Knights jousting. Page of the Harley armorial, England. 1445-c. 1450

medieval food by Bret Buck

Western Europe, ca. 1330-1370, from Peter Finer.

Italy, ca. 1470-1490, housed at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden.

Through medieval portals…….. St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co. Kilkenny

The impressive remains of Clara castle, Co Kilkenny. This largely intact tower house was built by the the Shorthall family sometime in the late 15th or early 16th century

Lancelot fights against a dragon at the Castle of Corbin, Rackham Arthur

Fairy Bridge at the head of Loch Creran by Alistair Walker