Effigies, tombs, funeral slabs of princes and nobles

Effigies of the nobles are interesting to discover the noble fighters of the end of the Middle. If the composition of medieval armies are different between France and England and evolve, the nobility playes an important role, the nobility is defined by the profession of arms. The tombs are also very interesting to show the nobles in arms, to see the variety and evolution of the armament over time but also the differences between the nobles who is not a homogeneous social order. Under the term of nobility hides a variety of profiles, princes, counts, local lords, a multitude of little nobles.

Illustration: Knight, 1400-1425, Toulouse Museum.