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15 janvier 2021
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Ralph Moffat, « Crying over spilt Castlemilk: The Tale of Sir William and the Silver Sallet Part 3 », Martial Culture in Medieval Town, ID : 10.58079/r90h
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This third, and the following two parts, of this six-part essay examine the evidence available to provide an explanation as to where such equipment as Sir William Stewart of Castlemilk’s silver sallet may have come from: royal gift, purchase, and plunder. ‘A ung homme d’armes natif du pays d’Escoce [...] un harnoiz’ On 26 May 1447 King Charles forked out 2,726 livres 5 sous tournois for seventy-five harnesses and thirteen brigandines. A harness is the term for a complete plate armour. A ...