Reviews for HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms promised a return to “medieval chivalry” and “an old-fashioned, chivalric moral compass.” However, three episodes in and the show has given us everything but that.
I had a feeling the siege of Belgrade would be there. I mean if something is commemorated to this day, almost 600 years later (even though most people probably don't know the reason), it is sure to be more than noteworthy.
I would personally also add the 17th century battle of Vienna and Sobieski's grand entrance, but since it's just five events, I guess that's for another time.
I didn't include the Battle of Vienna because they did make one over a decade ago (The Day of the Siege starring F. Murray Abraham). The ending is epic, but the CGI is outdated and the lead-up is a little bit of a slog.
It would be interesting to know if the battle had some role in Tolkien's depiction of the Rohan charge at Minas Tirith. Because I for one see a wee bit of resemblance with the real world charge of 18 thousand cavalry at the gates of a major city holding back Ottoman armies for centuries. Underlined by Sobieski's awesome paraphrase "Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit".
Those battles are all awesome! I read Siege of Malta every few years, again and again. But... there are 100s if not 1000s of amazing epic singular stories of Knights and the formation of Chivalry against the backdrop of default paganism, hedonism, slavery, torture, butchery, where the Church changed the World!!!
No other realm had such warriors, with such moral codes!
And today, the Templars are treated like they were Muslim enslaving slave raiders.
The World hates Jesus and anything that smells of it!
Expect nothing but hatred and contempt from them and their Grammy participant bards and court jesters.
Didn't start watching because after...well after everything I don't trust them (Hollywood) and after reading this article, I won't waste my time. Ever. Thank you.
I had a feeling the siege of Belgrade would be there. I mean if something is commemorated to this day, almost 600 years later (even though most people probably don't know the reason), it is sure to be more than noteworthy.
I would personally also add the 17th century battle of Vienna and Sobieski's grand entrance, but since it's just five events, I guess that's for another time.
I didn't include the Battle of Vienna because they did make one over a decade ago (The Day of the Siege starring F. Murray Abraham). The ending is epic, but the CGI is outdated and the lead-up is a little bit of a slog.
Oh, right. I didn't know about the movie.
It would be interesting to know if the battle had some role in Tolkien's depiction of the Rohan charge at Minas Tirith. Because I for one see a wee bit of resemblance with the real world charge of 18 thousand cavalry at the gates of a major city holding back Ottoman armies for centuries. Underlined by Sobieski's awesome paraphrase "Venimus, vidimus, Deus vicit".
Yes, it did.
Those battles are all awesome! I read Siege of Malta every few years, again and again. But... there are 100s if not 1000s of amazing epic singular stories of Knights and the formation of Chivalry against the backdrop of default paganism, hedonism, slavery, torture, butchery, where the Church changed the World!!!
No other realm had such warriors, with such moral codes!
And today, the Templars are treated like they were Muslim enslaving slave raiders.
The World hates Jesus and anything that smells of it!
Expect nothing but hatred and contempt from them and their Grammy participant bards and court jesters.
Didn't start watching because after...well after everything I don't trust them (Hollywood) and after reading this article, I won't waste my time. Ever. Thank you.