When we evoke the Middle Ages, images of fortified castles, mighty kings, and great knights in armor immediately come to mind.
1530 Duguesclin, Constable in 1370, illumination from Les Chroniques de France, 1370 Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, 15th July 1099 by Emile Signol, 1847 and Richard I, The Lionheart, King of England in 1189 by Merry Joseph Blondel, 1841 Details from Jacques de Lalaing Fighting the Lord of Espiry at the Passage of Arms of the Fountain of Tears, based on Master of the Getty Lalaing, ca.
