A KNIGHT OF THE GARTER.
The Garter. Orders of Knighthood.
Tag: Henry Shaw
Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the 7th to the 17th centuries by Henry Shaw F.S.A. Published: London William Pickering 1843.
Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester
Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester, 1st Lord of Glamorgan, 7th Lord of Clare (1180 – 25 October 1230).
English kings Henry I and King John. 12th century costumes.
English kings Henry I and King John. IN one of the Cottonian manuscripts (Julius, E. IV.), a brief metrical chronicle of the kings of England, which has been attributed to… Read More
Proclamation of a tournament in the ages of chivalry.
PROCLAMATION OF A TOURNAMENT.
EDWARD III. king of England and Wales, 14th century.
EDWARD III. king of England and Wales Edward III. (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) from the Anjou Plantagenet dynasty, was king of England and Wales from 1327 to 1377… Read More
Courtiers of the time of Richard II.
COURTIERS OF THE TIME OF RICHARD II. Anjou-Plantagenêt ruling dynasty ABOVE all other periods in the history of England, that of the weak Richard II. was remarkable for the variety… Read More
Geoffrey Chaucer. English writer and poet.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER. Was an English writer and poet who became famous as the author of the Canterbury Tales. He was born around 1342 in London and died probably on 25th October… Read More
Ladies fashion of the 12th century.
LADIES FASHION OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY. THE figures on the present plate are taken from different illuminations in the Cottonian Manuscript Nero C. IV. executed, probably, before the middle of… Read More
Coronation spoon of English monarchs. 12th century.
Coronation spoon of English monarchs.
Ecclesiastics of the 12th century. Bishop, monks costumes.
ECCLESIASTICS OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY. NO class of figures occurs so frequently in the illuminations of our earlier manuscripts, as those of ecclesiastics of different grades; and as the older… Read More
