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If a woman trained in combat and put on the best plate armor of the 15th century, can she beat a male mob wearing a leather armor? As far as I know, a good plate armor is very expensive, and few people can afford it except the nobility. If she can ride a horse, can she beat more male mobs...

Hello :) this is my first post here. I am currently researching a noble family of an area - specifically a small town in the mountains near the Amalfi coast. Records date back to the 1300s until the family lost it's wealth after World War Two but I have not seen these records. Historically the...

I'm curious to know if there were any kings, queens, or nobles who were serial killers? Urban legends, rumors, and speculative reports are welcome because I will research it anyways. But don't withhold information, information on certain subjects are hard to find. Thanks in advance. :)

Did Medieval European noble houses have mottos?

I'm trying to do a bit of quick research on household knights (bachelor knights) during medieval times and I'm coming up short on my Internet search. Can someone provide me with more info about these knights? I'll keep this discussion going as I have a ton of questions about them. Here are two...

Okay, so this question just popped into my head and I figured I'd take a stab at someone being able to answer it here: are there any notable noblemen or noble families who actually behaved nobly? I'm aware of the Arthurian myths -- I know there were idealized codes of conduct and such -- and I...

So I'm technically a student of history so maybe that's why this isn't self explanatory to me. I've been reading several books on the Italian city states during the 14th-16th century, and recurring references are made to "The disenfranchisement of the nobility", for example in Florence in 1282...

I'm filming a recreation of Rasputin's assassination as a film project, and our crew would like to know the pieces of clothing worn by Russian nobles, or in general what the men who killed Rasputin could have been wearing. We don't have the money to purchase authentic uniforms, so creating our...

Paper by James Prescott: French Noble Archers

Okay boys, here we go. Have at it! I guess to start things, I'll note that what is often called the Confederate Flag is really a battle flag from the Northern Virginia militia. (?) It also resembles a Confederate Navy flag used later in the Civil War. The true Confederate Flag is a different...

Well,Byzantine noble families having surnames may retrocat to AD 9 century. Some Armenian and Greek origin families having Asia minor background had maintained Empire's politic from Thema foundation to the falldown of Byzantine in 1453. Many noble families I remembered, converted to Islam or...

Hi all! I spoke with my new friend BadWolf who is from Montenegro. And I notice that I doesnt know nothing about NATO bombing of Serbia and Montenegro. Please, without ANY baiting and nationalistic posts! I want to learn facts about NATO military action Noble Anvil and to see how Serbians...

Post your favourite or interesting mottos of noble houses that you know of.

I'm trying to find some historical floorplans for what noble estates or manors looked like. I'm especially interested in the Edwardian and Victorian era in Britain, as well as Meiji-era estates in Japan. Seen anything along these lines?

Hello. I have a question that I would like to discuss with you. It is, how far is the idea of a Noble Savage acceptable? What are its implications for the theory of mind, and its political repercussions? I would love to have your inputs. Thanks.

Im am very interested in finnish born nobility if you know any thing interesting about them please post a comment about them.

Looking for a noble figure that matches this description. Princess France at around 1730-1782? Her father name was david. Lived in Paris,France. She had only 1 child. lived for some years and she committed suicide with her baby. Thanks for anyone that can pin-point this.

What are your views on the Persian King Darius III and his actions in the Battles of Issus and Gaugamela? :)

What 's the difference between a duke, a margrave and a count? Are there other titles you wish to share? What's the etymology behing those titles? I gather many come from Latin, "duke" still resembles Latin "dux" a lot. I imagine the meaning of the word did change some.

Simple question: what is a court noble, and what does he do? (in any historical government, doesn't matter which one) Edit: what are his functions? how does he serve the court?