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09:0109:01, 20 August 2025 KEL Commerce (hist | edit) [343 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Trade with honor, build with purpose. This is the Chamber where chivalrous business thrives. Present your wares, form alliances, seek collaborators for ventures aligned with the knightly ethos. Are you launching a guild shop? Offering services to fellow companions? Planning cooperative projects? Bring your vision to this sacred marketplace.")

16:0216:02, 1 August 2025 Veillantif (hist | edit) [4,840 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Horse of Roland, Paladin of Charlemagne}} thumb|right|Equestrian [[Roland (statue)|Roland statue showing Roland astride Veillantif in Haldensleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in front of the town hall.]] thumb|Roland blows his [[olifant (instrument)|olifant riding Veillantif to summon help in the midst of the Battle of Roncevaux]] '''Veil...")
15:5715:57, 1 August 2025 Skull cup (hist | edit) [11,836 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Type of bowl or drinking vessel}} The skull cup from [[Gough's Cave|250px|thumb|right]] A '''skull cup''' is a cup or eating bowl made from an inverted human calvaria that has been cut away from the rest of the skull. The use of a human skull as a drinking cup in ritual use or as a trophy is reported in numerous sources throughout history and among various peoples, and among Western cultures...")
15:5415:54, 1 August 2025 Swan maiden (hist | edit) [327,466 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Mythical female creature}} thumb|right|In the ''[[Völundarkviða'', Wayland Smith and his brothers marry valkyries who dress in swan skins.]] The "'''swan maiden'''" ({{langx|de|Schwanjungfrau}}) is a tale classified as ATU 400, "The Swan Maiden" or "The Man on a Quest for His Lost Wife",{{sfnp|Bäcker|2012|p=312a}} in which a man makes a pact with, or marries, a supe...")
15:5215:52, 1 August 2025 Ardre image stones (hist | edit) [5,425 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{short description|Runestone}} right|thumb|200px|The largest of the Ardre image stones is Ardre VIII. The '''Ardre image stones''' are a collection of ten rune and image stones, dated to the 8th to 11th centuries, that were discovered at Ardre Church, in Ardre, Gotland, Sweden. The principal edition is by Sune Lindqvist.<ref>S. Lindqvist, ''Gotlands Bildsteine I'' (Stockholm 1941).</r...")
15:5015:50, 1 August 2025 Paladin (hist | edit) [19,387 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Legendary knights of Charlemagne's court}} thumb|upright=1.35|The death of [[Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux (manuscript illustration c. 1455–1460)]] The '''Paladins''', also called the '''Twelve Peers''' ({{langx|fr|Douze Pairs}}), are twelve legendary knights, the foremost members of Charlemagne's court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th ce...")
15:4915:49, 1 August 2025 Witege (hist | edit) [13,680 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Character in several Germanic heroic legends}} thumb|Wittich (in red) dishonourably battles two against one with Heime to defeat Alphart. '''Witege''', '''Witige''' or '''Wittich ('''{{langx|ang|Wudga, Widia}}; Gotho-{{langx|la|Vidigoia}}) or '''Vidrik''' "'''Vidga'''" '''Verlandsson''' ({{Langx|non|Vidrīk}} + ''Viðga'' or ''Videke'' + ''Verlandsson'', ''Vallandsson'', or ''Villandsson'') is a character in s...")
15:4815:48, 1 August 2025 Þiðreks saga (hist | edit) [32,932 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Old Norse chivalric saga}} {{italic title}} thumb|Thidrekssaga, Royal Library, Stockholm perg. fol. 4, bl. 11v. '''''Þiðreks saga af Bern''''' ('the saga of Þiðrekr of Bern', sometimes '''''Thidrekssaga''''' or '''''Thidreks saga''''' in English) is an Old Norse saga that collects almost all Germanic heroic legends known from Germany into a single narrative. At the center of this narrative is the biography o...")
15:4615:46, 1 August 2025 Völundarkviða (hist | edit) [11,929 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Eddic poem}} {{Italic title}} thumb|right|180px|From [[Ardre image stone VIII. Vǫlundr's smithy in the centre, Níðuðr's daughter to the left, and Níðuðr's dead sons hidden to the right of the smithy. Between the girl and the smithy, Vǫlundr can be seen flying away, apparently in bird form.]] thumb|[[Völundr and his two brothers see the swan-maidens bathing. Illustration b...")
15:4515:45, 1 August 2025 Deor (hist | edit) [10,544 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{short description|Old English poem}} "'''Deor'''" (or "'''The Lament of Deor'''") is an Old English poem found on folio 100r–100v of the late-10th-century collection<ref>{{cite book|last=Fell|first=Christine|editor=Malcolm Godden and Michael Lapidge|title=The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature|year=2007|publisher=Cambridge UP|location=Cambridge|isbn=978-0-521-37794-2|pages=172–89|chapter=Perceptio...")
15:4415:44, 1 August 2025 Poetic Edda (hist | edit) [27,159 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{short description| Collection of Old Norse poems}} {{See also|Edda}} thumb|The title page of Olive Bray's English translation of ''Codex Regius'' entitled ''Poetic Edda'' depicting the tree [[Yggdrasil and a number of its inhabitants (1908) by W. G. Collingwood]] {{Norse paganism}} {{italic title}} The '''''Poetic Edda''''' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poetry|narrative poems...")
15:4315:43, 1 August 2025 Joyeuse (hist | edit) [6,453 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{short description|Sword attributed to Charlemagne}} thumb|right|[[Albrecht Duerer portrait of Charlemagne with Joyeuse]] '''Joyeuse''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒwajøz|pron|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-joyeuse.wav}}; {{langx|fro|Joiuse}}; meaning 'joyous, joyful') was, in medieval legend, the sword wielded by Charlemagne as his personal weapon. A sword identified as Joyeuse was used in French royal coronation ceremonies since the 13th century,...")
15:4315:43, 1 August 2025 Cortain (hist | edit) [32,219 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{About|the sword of French legend|the British ceremonial sword|Curtana}}{{Short description|Legendary short sword}} '''Cortain''' (also spelled '''Courtain''', '''Cortana''', '''Curtana''', '''Cortaine''' or '''Corte''') is a legendary short sword in the legend of Ogier the Dane. This name is the accusative case declension of Old French ''corte'', meaning "short".{{sfnp|Togeby|1969|p=17}} == Attestations == The tradition that Ogier had a short sword is...")
15:4015:40, 1 August 2025 Wayland the Smith (hist | edit) [26,366 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{short description|Germanic mythological blacksmith}} {{redirect|Weyland Smith|the Vertigo comics character|List of Fables characters }} thumb|Wayland in Fredrik Sander's 1893 Swedish edition of the ''[[Poetic Edda'']] In Germanic mythology, '''Wayland the Smith''' ({{langx|ang|Wēland}}; {{Langx|non|Vǫlundr}} {{IPA|non|ˈvɔlundr̩|}}, {{lang|non|Velent}} {{IPA|non|ˈvelent|}}; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; {{langx|de|Wieland der Schmied}}; {{la...")
15:3915:39, 1 August 2025 Battle of Roncevaux Pass (hist | edit) [30,232 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|8th-century battle in France}} {{About||the later battle leading to the establishment of the Kingdom of Pamplona|Battle of Roncevaux Pass (824)|the battle in the Peninsular War|Battle of Roncesvalles (1813)}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Roncevaux Pass | partof = the Charlemagne's campaign in the Iberian Peninsula| | image = Batalla.roncesvalles.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = 15th-century anonymous painting...")
15:3615:36, 1 August 2025 Durendal (hist | edit) [22,725 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Sword of Roland, Paladin of Charlemagne}} thumb|Roland holds Durendal while blowing his [[Olifant (instrument)|olifant to summon help at the Battle of Roncevaux, as described in the ''Chanson de Roland''; painting by Wolf von Bibra (1862–1922).]] '''Durendal''', also spelled '''Durandal''', is the sword of Roland, a legendary paladin and partially histo...")
15:3215:32, 1 August 2025 Wilhelm von Grumbach (hist | edit) [8,380 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "thumb|Wilhelm von Grumbach thumb|Coat of arms of the von Grumbach noble family, Scheiblersches Wappenbuch, 1450–1480 '''Wilhelm von Grumbach''' (1 June 1503{{snd}}18 April 1567) was a German adventurer, chiefly known through his connection with the so-called "Grumbach Feud" ({{langx|de|Grumbachsche Händel}}), the last attempt of the Imperial Knights to prevail against the power of the territor...")
15:2915:29, 1 August 2025 Breaking wheel (hist | edit) [32,772 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{short description|Torture device used for capital punishment}} thumb|Execution wheel (German: ''Richtrad'') with underlays, 18th century; on display at the [[Märkisches Museum, Berlin]] The '''breaking wheel''', also known as the '''execution wheel''', the '''Wheel of Catherine''' or the ('''Saint''') '''Catherine'''('''<nowiki/>'s''') '''Wheel''', was a torture method used for Capital punishment#Public execution|pub...")
15:2815:28, 1 August 2025 Tyrannicide (hist | edit) [34,243 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Killing of a tyrant or unjust ruler}} {{About||the ships|Massachusetts ship Tyrannicide (1776)|and|French ship Tyrannicide (1793)}} thumb|The tyrant [[Hipparchus (brother of Hippias)|Hipparchus of Athens (center) is assassinated by Harmodius and Aristogeiton (illustration from a Greek vase).]] {{wiktionary | tyrannicide}} {{Homicide}} '''Tyrannicide''' is the killing or assassination of a political lea...")
15:2715:27, 1 August 2025 Discipline and Punish (hist | edit) [25,320 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{short description|1975 book by Michel Foucault}} {{Infobox book | name = Discipline and Punish | title_orig = Surveiller et punir | translator = Alan Sheridan | image = Discipline and Punish (French edition).jpg | caption = Cover of the French edition | author = Michel Foucault | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = France | language = French | series = | subjects = Prisons<br />Prison disc...")
15:2415:24, 1 August 2025 Posthumous execution (hist | edit) [15,379 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Ceremonial mutilation of a corpse as punishment}} __NOTOC__ '''Posthumous execution''' is the ritual or ceremonial mutilation of an already dead body as a punishment. ==Dissection as a punishment in England== Some Christians believed that the resurrection of the dead on Judgment Day requires that the body be buried whole facing east so that the body could rise facing God.<ref>Barbara Yorke (2006), ''The Conversion of...")
15:2215:22, 1 August 2025 Hugh Despenser the Younger (hist | edit) [29,146 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|English peer and favourite of Edward II (c.1287/1289–1326)}} {{Infobox noble | name = Hugh Despenser | image = Founders Book of Tewkesbury Abbey, Frame 121.jpg | caption = Despenser in the ''Founders and Benefactors Book of Tewkesbury Abbey'', c. 1525; his family arms of ''Quarterly 1st & 4th: Argent; 2nd & 3rd: Gules fretty or, over all a ribbon sable'' are at the bottom left | CoA = | birth_date = {{circa}} 1287/1289 | death...")
15:2115:21, 1 August 2025 Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (hist | edit) [7,844 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Illuminated manuscript of Froissart's Chronicles}} thumb|upright=1.5|right|Execution of Christian prisoners by [[Bayezid I after the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396. MS Fr 2646, attributed to the Master of the Dresden Prayer Book<ref>{{cite web |title=BnF – Miniatures flamandes |url=http://expositions.bnf.fr/flamands/grand/fr_2646_255v.htm |website=exposit...")
15:1815:18, 1 August 2025 Hanged, drawn and quartered (hist | edit) [65,927 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Medieval punishment for high treason}} {{pp-pc|small=yes}} {{pp-move-indef}} upright=1.3|thumb|The execution of [[Hugh Despenser the Younger, as depicted in the Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse]] To be '''hanged, drawn and quartered''' was a method of torturous capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of Hi...")
15:1615:16, 1 August 2025 Charles I of England (hist | edit) [120,829 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649}} {{featured article}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Charles I | image = King Charles I after original by van Dyck.jpg | caption = Portrait after original by Anthony van Dyck, 1636 | alt = Charles in green robes. The Crown Jewels rest on a table behind him. | succession = King of England and Ireland | moretext = (Style of the B...")
15:1415:14, 1 August 2025 Indemnity and Oblivion Act (hist | edit) [16,820 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Act of the Parliament of England}} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Indemnity and Oblivion Act 1660 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of England | long_title = An Act of Free and Generall Pardon, Indemnity, and Oblivion. | year = 1660 | citation = 12 Cha. 2. c. 11 | territorial_extent = England and Wales | royal_assent = 29 August 1660 | co...")
15:1015:10, 1 August 2025 List of regicides of Charles I (hist | edit) [59,967 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|None}} thumb|right|upright=1.4|alt=Large hand-written document, coloured yellow with age. There is a block of text at the top, and 59 signatures and red wax seals at the bottom|[[Execution warrant for Charles I of England, including the wax seals of the 59 commissioners{{efn|In 2011 the death warrant for Charles I was added by UNESCO to the UK Memory of the World Register ({{harvnb...")
15:0415:04, 1 August 2025 Regicide (hist | edit) [23,959 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Intentional killing of a monarch}} thumb|[[The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Delaroche detail]] {{Homicide}} {{Monarchism}} '''Regicide''' is the purposeful killing of a monarch or sovereign of a polity and is often associated with the usurpation of power. A regicide can also be the person responsible for the killing. The word comes from the Latin roots of ''regis'' and ''cida'' (''cidium'...")
15:0315:03, 1 August 2025 Dismemberment (hist | edit) [31,283 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Completely removing the limbs from a living or dead being}} thumb|15th-century depiction of [[Adoni-Bezek being mutilated.]] thumb|The ''Martyrdom of [[Hippolytus of Rome|St. Hippolytus'' by Dieric Bouts]] thumb|[[Aztec stone disk depicting a dismembered Coyolxauhqui which was found during constructio...")
15:0115:01, 1 August 2025 Plate armour (hist | edit) [32,446 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Short description|Personal body armour made from metal plates}} {{Distinguish|Armour plate|Armour}} thumb|Full plate armour for man and horse commissioned by [[Sigismund II Augustus, Livrustkammaren in Stockholm Sweden (1550s).|269x269px]] thumb|Armour for [[Gustav I of Sweden by Kunz Lochner, c. 1540 (Livrustkammar...")
14:5914:59, 1 August 2025 Trial by combat (hist | edit) [45,804 bytes] WikiKnight (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{short description|Method of settling accusations within Germanic law by dueling}} {{For|the 1976 film|Trial by Combat}} thumb|300px|A 1540s depiction of a judicial combat in Augsburg in 1409, between Marshal Wilhelm von Dornsberg and Theodor Haschenacker. Dornsberg's sword broke early in the duel, but he proceeded to kill Haschenacker with his own sword. '''Trial by combat''' (also '''wager of battle''', '''trial by battle''' or '''jud...")

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