Posts Tagged ‘medieval’

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Kingdom of Riches is a Persistant Browser Based Game (PBBG) loosly set in the medieval era. With regular updates, events and new additions, with a great community of helpful veteran players. It is also free to play with no advantage at all to donators, donations go towards development and upkeep of the servers only.

Updates on the game, Sneak peeks, Mythical facts, True facts, Religious facts and more related to the medieval era. The Medieval Era dated from around the 5th Century until around the 16th century.

falcon

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

The falcon was a medium-sized late medieval gun. Falcons were lighter than the larger cannons and bombards and easier to move and therefore often more useful in battles and sieges.

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crinet

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

A protective neck covering forming part of a set of horse armour. The separate mail or plate defence for the horse’s neck appeared in Europe in the late 14th century and continued in use through the later medieval period.

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crannog

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

A medieval Irish term for an artificial island created in a lake for use as a refuge and fortification.

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couched lance

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

A medieval technique of holding the lance firmly under the right armpit and resting it on the saddle bow in order to unite the impetus of rider and charging horse to deliver a blow.

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constabulary

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

A medieval term meaning a group or troop of ten knights, the smallest unit of knightly cavalry.

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