-
after the majordomo. He was
generally in
charge of the king or magnate's
mesnada (private army), his
personal retinue of knights, and
perhaps also of his...
- as hidalgos, who
shared their privilege to bear arms as
knights in the
mesnada real). The
first of the
kings of
Pamplona and
Asturias were originally...
-
provided by the
landlords (lords of the
manors and of the Church),
called the
mesnadas. Later, to
these were
added the
knights of the
military orders (initially...
- "the Cid of Portugal".
Around 1162
Gerald ****embled a
private army (a
mesnada) and
rapidly developed tactics that
proved remarkably successful in seizing...
- army was much
larger than the
forces of
Zaragoza and El Cid's
personal mesnada [es] (retinue). El Cid
probably expected that the Catalans, who did not...
- Mesnadero, (In Basque: Mesnadaria) is one who
served in the
mesnadas. It
comes from
Mesnada,
which would mean house,
because it was a
troop of the Royal...
- Mesnadero, (In Basque: Mesnadaria) is one who
served in the
mesnadas. It
comes from
Mesnada,
which would mean house,
because it was a
troop of the Royal...
- of wheat,
divided into two
annual payments. In 1406, he was
granted two
mesnadas,
which rented 40 pounds,
whose collection was ****igned on the
chests of...
- Coria,
where he was ****isting the
emperor with his own
knightly retinue (
mesnada), in July 1138. The
siege was the
culmination of a
summer razzia deep into...
- like this. The armiger, or alférez, was
responsible for
leading Pedro's
mesnada (retinue) into battle. In 1114, out of fear of ****,
Pedro Ansúrez donated...
