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Jan 19, 2010 · Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15) (Discworld series) - Kindle edition by Pratchett, Terry. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15) (Discworld series).
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Men At Arms: (Discworld Novel 15) (Discworld series) Kindle Edition. by Terry Pratchett (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.8 9,876 ratings. Part of: Discworld (41 books) See all formats and editions. 'PEOPLE OUGHT TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES ... THE PROBLEM IS, PEOPLE ONLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES IF YOU TELL THEM TO.'.
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Men-at-arms is a weird and fluid term which is almost impossible to define, it was used by fourteenth- and fifteenth-century authors to address audiences which definitely included dubbed knights, and it was one which was used in practical documents to describe undubbed individuals or groups who were performing knightly military duties.
Men at Arms is a captivating and thought-provoking novel written by renowned British author Terry Pratchett. It is the fifteenth installment in his highly acclaimed Discworld series, an extensive collection of satirical and humorous fantasy novels set on a flat planet supported by four elephants that stand on the back of a giant turtle.
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Knights are expected to train and lead a group of men-at-arms. Unlike mercenary sellswords, men-at-arms remain in the service of a master, such as lords or landed knights, and they can wear the badge or livery of the men they serve. Armament of men-at-arms includes axes, daggers, longaxes, spears, swords, and warhammers. Some use shields. They can ...
At the Field of Fire during Aegon's Conquest, the Two Kings led five thousand knights and ten times as many freeridersand men-at-arms. Prince Maegor Targaryen was able to defeat seasoned men-at-arms in the yard when he was only twelve. When King Maegor the Cruel asked for champions to defend him in a trial of seven, the simple man-at-arms Dick Bean...
A Game of Thrones
Gared is a man-at-arms in the ranging party of Ser Waymar Royce in the haunted forest. Six times as many men-at-arms as knights arrive in King's Landing for the Hand's tourney. Kurleket, Lharys, and Mohor, three men-at-arms in the service of Lord Jonos Bracken, support Lady Catelyn Stark in her arrest of Tyrion Lannister at the crossroads inn. When Robb Stark divides his host at the Twins, a great mass of men-at-arms marches on foot in the portion led by Lord Roose Bolton. Masterless men-at-a...
A Clash of Kings
Six men-at-arms escort Lady Donella Hornwood to Winterfell for the harvest feast. They are attacked by Ramsay Snow while returning to Hornwood, however. While torturing smallfolk in the riverlands, the Tickler asks his victims if they know how many men-at-arms are with Lord Beric Dondarrion. Polliver, a man-at-arms with the Mountain's men, carries Needle after the sword is taken from Arya Stark. The men-at-arms in the host of Lord Tywin Lannister at Harrenhal take their meals in the Barracks...
A Storm of Swords
According to Varys, several thousand common men-at-arms lost their lives in the battle while fighting for Stannis. Thousands of House Tyrell men-at-arms remain in King's Landing after the Blackwater, and King Joffrey I Baratheon learns jokes about Dornishmenfrom them. A dozen House Frey men-at-arms slaughter wedding guests with heavy longaxes during the Red Wedding. In the foothills of the Mountains of the Moon, Arya meets a girl who has a cloth doll man-at-arms which she names Ser Soldier.
Man-at-arms (also called armsman or coistrel) was a term used from the High Medieval to Renaissance periods to describe a soldier, almost always a professional warrior in the sense of being well-trained in the use of arms, who served as a fully armoured heavy cavalryman.
A company of Bretonnian men-at-arms in combat. Men-at-arms are the most basic heavy infantry of the line fielded by the armies of Bretonnia. Those men-at-arms who are equipped with longspears are instead known as "spearmen-at-arms."
