Medieval Weapons and Men At Arms.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Philip

... I would like to point out that the fourth picture from the very bottom of your latest post is chronologically distinctive in that its portrayals are definitely post-medieval...

Sharp eye ... as usal, Philip.
And yet as you know, (late) middle ages were also the dawn of firearms, with the introduction of "trons", bombards and all jazz.
As in my factional perspective i like to bring to light the battle of Aljubarrota (1385), where it is established by a well recognized period chroniclar that the Spaniards came to the game with over a dozen trons but from which unfortunately there are no graphic evidence, we can depart from an ilumination of this battle contained in Chronique d'Angleterre (1401-1500) by Jean Wavrin, kept at the British Library and also the Siege of Lisbon (1384) by Jean Froissart (1337-1405), followed by a few picturesque illustrations from the said Chronique, as an atempt to stay in line with this thread topic.
I hope to be excused if these images are already known to everyone; intention was good.


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