The fairy Viviane or Lady of the Lake is the name of a character from Arthurian legends. This character plays several roles; she gives the sword Excalibur to King Arthur, guides the dying king to Avalon after the Battle of Camlann, enchants Merlin or raises Lancelot from the Lake after the death of
In the common sense, Morgana is a fairy from the legend of King Arthur. The fairy Morgana in the Arthurian legend According to recent works by philologists, Morgane, daughter of Ygerne also called Ygraine and the Duke of Cornwall, is the half-sister, considered wicked, of King Arthur. In other text
Daughter of the ancient gods, Excalibur is a magic sword that finally gave them access to rest. Tireless crusader, she was the iron of the advent of Christianity. In those times, Uther Pendragon was dead. The divided Britains sank into chaos. The legend proclaims that Merlin, in this discord would
Caradoc is a semi-legendary ancestor of the kings of Gwent (Wales) living during the 5th century. He is also mentioned in the legend of King Arthur as one of the Knights of the Round Table with the nickname Breichbras (strong arm). Although the name Caradoc and the forms derived from it were partic
Camelot, also called Camaloth or Camaaloth, is a legendary city, of Arthurian legend. Camelot was the seat of the court of the mythical King Arthur, ruler of Brittany, i.e. present-day England, Wales and mainland Britain, south of Hadrians Wall. Arthur and Queen Guinevere held their court there whe
Calogrenant is a knight in the court of King Arthur. He is Yvains cousin. The Lion Knight This book written by Chrétien de Troyes recounts the encounter between a lion and Yvain. During a Panquecôte celebration, Calogrenant recounts the shame of his life:a duel against a knight he lost. Yvain promi
The Battle of Camlann is the last battle in which King Arthur is said to have fought. The quest for the Grail has been over for some time and Arthur has lost most of his knights. He was betrayed by his wife Guinevere who fled with Lancelot. It is this moment that Mordred chooses to ascend Arthurs t
King Ban of Bénoic is the husband of Queen Elaine. He reigns in the marches of Armorican Brittany and Gaul. He is in legend the father of Lancelot du Lac and Hector des Mares, the grandfather of Galaad and the brother of King Bohort of Gaunes. His castle is located in the middle of a marsh reputed
Avalon Avalon (in Gallic “the apple orchard”) is, in the Arthurian legend, a mythological island. The fairy Morgane is its queen. A sacred island in Celtic tradition, the priestesses of Ceridwen have taken up residence there. You can only get there after having received a form of initiation:you hav
The name Tard-Venus is the name given to bands of truckers which ravaged the Lyonnais in the last years of the reign of King John II the Good. History When the Treaty of Brétigny was signed on May 8, 1360, the peace that took hold did not suit the people who lived thanks to the war.The King of Engl
On May 30, 1431, in Rouen, on the Place du Vieux-Marché, a young shepherdess who had become a warrior went to the stake:Jeanne Darc - or dArc - was 19. Her condemnation and her torture, she owes them in large part to the hatred that the English have for her. Since she forced them, in May 1429, to r
Born in 1343 - died in Paris, 1377. Military leader, son of Jean II de Grailly and Blanche de Foix. Celebrated by Froissart as a paragon of chivalrous virtue. Like his ancestors, he ardently embraced the English quarrel against the House of France, so much so that Edward III entrusted him with the
Born in 1296 - Crécy-en-Ponthieu, Died in 1346.) Son of the Roman Emperor Henry VII and King of Bohemia in 1310 by his marriage to Elisabeth, sister of Wenceslas of Bohemia, he had an eventful life. Barely crowned, he leaves the government of his kingdom to his wife and runs on all the battlefield
Henry V of England, born August 9, 1387 or September 16, 1387 at Monmouth in Wales and died August 31, 1422 at the Château de Vincennes, France; Duke of Cornwall and Lancaster, was King of England from 1413 to 1422. He was the second monarch from the House of Lancaster who succeeded the Plantagenets
Mercenary companies during the Hundred Years War, during times of peace, grouped together in Grand Companies or Rovers, and lived on the surrounding country.Full plate armour, with beak-in -iron, of a knight of the Great Companies, bearing the coat of arms of Bertrand du Guesclin.Coat of arms of Du
Born in 1331 - Orthez, 1391. Son of Gaston II, he owes his nickname to a somewhat pedantic pun between Foix and the doublet of Apollo.Like almost all those of his house, but with consummate art, he leads an incessant game of seesaw between the sovereigns of France and England. At first loyal to Phi
Edward of Woodstock, known as the Black Prince (1330, Woodstock - 1376, Westminster), Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall and Prince of Aquitaine, was the eldest son of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainaut. His nickname is said to be due to the color of his armor, but it was
Born in Windsor, 1312 - Died in Sheen, Richmond, 1377. King of England from 1327 to 1377. Son and successor of Edward II, he got rid of his mothers guardianship in 1330. In 1337, he asserted his rights to the crown of France, thus triggering the Hundred Years War. He destroyed part of the French f
Born in Caernarvon, 1284 - Died in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, 1327. King of England from 1307 to 1327. Son of Edward I and son-in-law of Philippe IV le Bel, he let his favourites, Hugh le Despenser and his son, govern. His reign was marked by a sharp decline in royal power and the loss of Scotland
The Skinners are 15th century armed troops, sometimes confused with the 14th century Great Companies. They are war contractors who practice looting, ransoming, but also the customary forms of medieval warfare (siege, defense of strongholds, battles, rides) for their own profit and for that of Charle
Theindependence of Algeria was proclaimed on July 5, 1962 , at the end of a very violent conflict of almost eight years, and especially more than a century of colonial occupation. On March 19, 1962, the Évian agreements had put an end to the fighting and on July 1, a referendum allowed Algeria to ch
Aircraft:Lockheed F-94C Starfire. Manufacturer:Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Type:fighter.Year:1950Engine:Pratt &Whitney J48-P-5 turbojet engine with 3,970 kg thrust. Wingspan:12.93 mLength :13.56m. Height:4.55 m. Take-off weight:10,977 kg.Maximum speed:941 km/h at 9,144m altitude.Maximum operational alt
Design Berthier carabiners and rifles constitute a coherent set of armament based on the same Mannlicher loading mechanism developed for the French army from 1890 and which took part in the First and Second World Wars. When the Germans designed their Mle 1888 rifle, they added a carbine or carabin
From the 13th century with the Crusades, the development of trade with the Arab world and stories like that of Marco Polo, Europe dreams of new horizons. In the XIVth century, the gold deposits were exhausted and the Ottoman Empire blocked the silk road:it became urgent to explore new routes to find