. A history of the art of war, the middle ages from the fourth to the fourteenth century . AKMOUK OF ligo-1250 (1) GREAT SEAL OF RICHAKIl I. (2) GREAT SEAL OF HENRY III. 1250] THE HELM IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 513 Rudolfs ranks when the Bohemians came in sight. At Tagha-cozzo the knights of Charles of Anjou removed their helmsduring the short interval between the discomfiture of Conradinscorps and the reappearance of Henry of Castile upon the knight whose helm had been knocked awry so that the eye-slits no longer came opposite the eyes was in a most helplesscondition. We are told of G
. A history of the art of war, the middle ages from the fourth to the fourteenth century . AKMOUK OF ligo-1250 (1) GREAT SEAL OF RICHAKIl I. (2) GREAT SEAL OF HENRY III. 1250] THE HELM IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 513 Rudolfs ranks when the Bohemians came in sight. At Tagha-cozzo the knights of Charles of Anjou removed their helmsduring the short interval between the discomfiture of Conradinscorps and the reappearance of Henry of Castile upon the knight whose helm had been knocked awry so that the eye-slits no longer came opposite the eyes was in a most helplesscondition. We are told of Guy of Montfort at Tagliacozzo thathe got his helmet battered aside, and consequently Jaid abouthim like a blind man, and wounded his friend Alard of , who came to set it straight for him.^ It must beremembered that this head-dress was by no means universallyworn. Many knights disliked it on account of its weight, andpreferred to wear the older and simpler mail coif. This we seeon the effigy of William Longsword [1227], as also in the muchlater battle scene on Plate XX. The pot
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