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Series Title: Der Weisskunig (The White King)

How the French King made war on the King of Feuereisen in his realm and how the King of Feuereisen died in the battle

1512–16

Hans Burgkmair

(German, 1473–1531)
Culture
Germany
Medium
woodcut
Support
Cream(3) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 22.1 x 19.7 cm (8 11/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 1960.30
Catalogue raisonné
Hollstein V.116.454
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Throughout the 1200s, the French relied on heavy cavalry as the mainstay of mounted shock combat, a military development that shifted the focus from the axe-wielding infantry man to the heavily armored, lance-carrying knight.

Description

The Battle of Nancy on January 7, 1477, between the forces of the king of France (Louis XI) and the king of Feuereisen (Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy) involved early artillery, visible in the distant background. The heavily armored cavalry fight with lances and swords. Of particular interest is the unarmored infantry's use of the pike, a long, small-headed spear, as a lethal hedge against cavalry charges.
A vertically oriented woodcut in black ink depicts a crowded battlefield with figures having light skin tones. In the foreground, armored knights on horseback clash; at the bottom center, the crowned King of Feuereisen lies among fallen horses. Behind them on the left, infantrymen in dense formations hold long pikes beneath a banner with a cross. In the background, large pointed tents and a fortified castle sit along the hilly horizon.

How the French King made war on the King of Feuereisen in his realm and how the King of Feuereisen died in the battle

1512–16

Hans Burgkmair

(German, 1473–1531)
Germany

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