Middle+Ages+Artifacts

The Battle of Poitiers was taken place on September 19th in the year of 1356 during the Hundred Years War. King John ll of Fance lead the French into battle; as on the other side of the fight was the Black Prince of England. The English are the ones on the right with the longbows. The French are opposite of them. The outcome of the battle was devistation for the French as King John ll lost. ||
 * **The Battle of Poitiers** || Sir Bedivere || The Coronation of Edward III ||||  ||
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Duing one of the Crusades, the lone knight, Sir Bedivere rides along. He is looking upon his conquered army lying cold dead among the field. He was defeated in battle and is the only one left standing. The Crusades usually helped Christians in gaining land to add to the Holy Land. But in this case the Christian army had lost its battle. You can tell this because the lone knight has a Christian sheild. The Crusades launched journey into unknown lands which created trade route between different places. ||~ Edward III was only 15 when he succeeded to the throne, yet he managed to avenge his father by executing Roger Mortimer in 1330. He won an important battle against the Scots in 1333 at Halidon Hill and began a lifelong a career of military aggression. In 1338, after the death of his mother's brother, Philip IV, he declared himself king of France, on the basis of his mother's claims, thus beginning the Hundred Year's war. The English had held land in France ever since the reigns of William I's sons, but John had lost Normandy in 1204 (by unwisely divorcing his English wife to marry Isabelle of Angouleme, betrothed to a member of the powerful Lusignan family, and thus giving the French king an excuse to attack Normandy when John refused a summons to appear before him). Edward'sambition was to recover the territories that England had once held in France. ||  || 2009. . || //Sir Bedivere//. 1983. //Artstor//. Web. 9 Oct. 2009. . || Middle Ages clothing and fashion like everything else was dictated by the Pyramid of Power which was the Middle Ages Feudal System. Medieval clothes provided information about the status of the person wearing them. This section provides information about the type of clothes and fashions worn during the era of the Middle Ages. This outfit represents what a noble man would wear on any given day back in the Middle Ages. || The knight was one of three types of fighting men during the middle ages: Knights, Foot Soldiers, and Archers. The medieval knight was the equivalent of the modern tank. He was covered in multiple layers of armor, and could plow through foot soldiers standing in his way. No single foot soldier or archer could stand up to any one knight. Knights were also generally the wealthiest of the three types of soldiers. This was for a good reason. It was terribly expensive to be a knight. The war horse alone could cost the equivalent of a small airplane. Armor, shields, and weapons were also very expensive. Becoming a knight was part of the feudal agreement. In return for military service, the knight received a fief. In the late middle ages, many prospective knights began to pay "shield money" to their lord so that they wouldn't have to serve in the king's army. The money was then used to create a professional army that was paid and supported by the king. These knights often fought more for pillaging than for army wages.When they captured a city, they were allowed to ransack it, stealing goods and valuables. ||  ||  ||   ||
 * //Battle of Poitiers//. N.d. National Recourses Coorporation. //ABC-CLIO//. Web. 16 Oct.
 * Clothing of a Noble Man || A Knight ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/images/clothing-of-nobleman.jpg width="100" height="134" align="center" caption="Clothing of a Nobleman"]]
 * //Clothing of a Noble Man//. N.d. //Middle Ages//. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2009. . || //Knight//. 1995. //The Mideival Knight//. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2009.