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Timothy

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PRACTICAL CHIVALRY IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY: THE CASE OF WILLIAM MARSHAL
« on: 2014-06-11, 03:31:37 »
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[br Barry Or and Vert surmounting a Bend counterchanged],
a Lion rampant armed and langued Gules
 an Orle of eight Trefoils slipped Sable counterchanged Or .

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Re: PRACTICAL CHIVALRY IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY: THE CASE OF WILLIAM MARSHAL
« Reply #1 on: 2014-06-11, 04:06:53 »
Wow! That's a reader! Bookmarking it for later. Awesome find BTW ;)
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Re: PRACTICAL CHIVALRY IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY: THE CASE OF WILLIAM MARSHAL
« Reply #2 on: 2014-06-11, 15:38:48 »
I'll give it a look over, anything about the Marshal is worth reading at least once.  Well, I haven't read anything about him that wasn't so far, hence the remark.
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