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Illustrations of military interest from
Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris
Matthaei Paris Chronica Maiora I
 Combat between Canute the Dane and Edmund Ironside, 1016 |
 Two Templars on a Horse & Queen Matilda's Hospital |
 Martyrdom of St. Thomas of Canterbury, 1171 |
 Saladin Capturing the True Cross at Hattin, 1187 |
Matthaei Paris Chronica Maiora II
Battle of Bouvines, 1214
 Atrocities under King John, 1216 |
 Louis of France Arriving in England |
 Siege of Lincoln Castle, 1217 |
 Sea Battle off Sandwich |
 Battle of Damietta |
 Siege of Damietta |
 A Knight Spares His Father's Murderer, 1232 |
 Battle between Richard, Earl Marshal, and Baldwin de Guisnes, 1233 |
 Death of Richard, Earl Marshal, 1234 |
 Defeat of the French at Gaza |
 Treaty between Nazir of Kerak and the Count of Brittany |
 Banners of the Hospitalers and Templars and the Oriflamme of France, 1241 |
 Invasion of Tartars, 1241 |
 Sea Battle between the Pisans and Genoese, 1241 |
 Death of Gilbert, Earl Marshal, 1241 |
 French Troops Dying of Plague, 1242 |
A Tartar Cannibal Feast, 1243
Battle between the Crusaders and Khorezmians, 1244 (La Forbie)
 Death of Enguerrand III de Coucy, 1244 |
 Death of Herbert FitzMatthew, 1245 |
Chronica Majora, Saint Albans, England, ca. 1240–53. MS 26 & MS 16II, Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Matthaei Paris Chronica Maiora III (Historia Anglorum)
 Shields and banners |
 Man threshing |
 Templars |
A Map of Britain by Matthew Paris
Chronica Majora, Saint Albans, England, ca. 1240-53. Royal 14 C VII, British Library, London.
Reference: The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora by Suzanne Lewis, 1987. (300MB)
The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora by Suzanne Lewis, 1987. at archive.org
New address for Scenes from Anglo-French history, 1204-59
Other 13th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Index of Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
