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    The destrier is the best-known war horse of the Middle Ages. It carried knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts. It was described by contemporary sources...
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    the destrier, and used for battle as they were light, fast and strong. They were valuable horses, but less expensive than the highly prized destrier. Another...
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  • Destrier is the second album by rock band Agent Fresco. The album was well received by critics. Chris Tippell. (August 24, 2015). "Agent Fresco – Destrier"...
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    for different types of work. It is a common misunderstanding that the Destrier that carried the armoured knight of the Middle Ages had the size and conformation...
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    Friesian horse. It is also hard to trace what happened to the bloodlines of destriers when this type seems to disappear from record during the 17th century...
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    Fresco released their first full-length album, A Long Time Listening. Destrier, their second full-length album, followed on 7 August 2015. Agent Fresco...
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  • may refer to Destrier, the "great horse" ridden by knights during the Middle Ages Leonardo's horse, aka Gran Cavallo, a statue of a destrier or great horse...
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    but strong-bodied descendants of horses in the Middle Ages such as the destrier. Specific ancestors of this type include the Neapolitan horse, and the...
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    stock listing before it became an exclusively riding animal. While the destrier is the most well-known warhorse of the Medieval era, it was the least common...
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  • of their parent club. The shield-shaped logo features a silver-colored Destrier, with eyes that are the same color gold used in the logo for the Golden...
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  • brother of Darrin (HHB) Darrin: Lord of Archenland, brother of Dar (HHB) Destrier: Horse of Prince Caspian. (The name is archaic English for "war-horse"...
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    Dreux" "Of Names" "Of the Uncertainty of Our Judgment" "Of War Horses, or Destrier" "Of Ancient Customs" "Of Democritus and Heraclitus" "Of the Vanity of...
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    riding horse during the Middle Ages, sometimes equalling the knight's destrier in price. Consequently, it was popular with nobles, ladies, and highly...
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    nationalism Military order (religious society) Spanish military orders Destrier Heavy cavalry Knightly virtues Knights of Alleberg Knight-errant Knight...
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    Rittern in voller Rüstung gerittene destrier... [The actual warhorse, however, is the extremely powerful 'destrier', which is distinguished by its speed...
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    too heavy for the horses. Horses in the Middle Ages Horses in warfare Destrier Courser (horse) War elephant Nell, Grant S. (1995) The Savaran: The Original...
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    three types predominate: the destrier, the courser and an animal simply known as a "horse" (L:equus Med Fr : chival). Destriers were both rare and expensive...
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    purpose. These terms included: Charger, see Courser (horse) Courser (horse) Destrier or "Great Horse" Hobby, see Irish Hobby Jennet, sometimes called Spanish...
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  • Courser (horse), a fast medieval horse ridden by knights and men-at-arms . Destrier, a medieval horse ridden by knights in battle and tournaments James Longstreet...
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    claim, indicating that the destrier, or knight's battle horse, was a medium-weight animal. It is also disputed whether the destrier class included draught...
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  • the steed of the knight with the white shield, a formidable night-black destrier who accepts him as his new rider. He also finds himself chased by a quartet...
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    day-to-day work of the household, palfreys used for human transport, and destriers, or warhorses, a powerful and expensive animal that in late medieval England...
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  • Adventure of Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Chess, the Knight Destrier, in Linda Medley's Castle Waiting Smiler, Theon Greyjoy's warhorse from...
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    warmblood chargers and larger destriers. Chargers were medium-weight horses bred and trained for agility and stamina. Destriers were heavier, similar to today's...
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    to thank him for his prowess at the siege of Dinan. It was on a Breton destrier that Du Guesclin is said to have overthrown sixteen opponents at the Place...
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  • others. Medieval Europe bred large horses specifically for war, called destriers. These horses were the ancestors of the great heavy horses of today, and...
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  • the Anti-Sanctuary, including Lethe, Azzedine Smoke, Memphis, Razzia, Destrier, and Cadaverous Gant, the latter of whom is manipulating the U.S. President...
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    (Kiasmos) and Sakaris Emil Joensen. Albums A Long Time Listening (2010) Destrier (2015) EPs Lightbulb Universe (2008) Singles "Stone by Stone" (2018) "Út"...
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    small horses were also used as rounceys, leading war horses known as destriers. The characteristics of the breed as known today are thought to have been...
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