Difference between revisions of "Ousterlists"

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* '''lists:''' medieval jousting-ground, field of combat → in Arthurian romances, to ''oust'' an enemy from the lists, or dive him ''out of the lists'' meant to defeat him in single combat
 
* '''lists:''' medieval jousting-ground, field of combat → in Arthurian romances, to ''oust'' an enemy from the lists, or dive him ''out of the lists'' meant to defeat him in single combat
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[[Category:battles]]

Latest revision as of 14:03, 29 June 2012

  • Austerlitz: the modern town of Slavkov u Brna in the Czech Republic → Battle of Austerlitz, 12 December 1805, the Battle of the Three Emperors, in which Napoleon defeated the Russians and Austrians
  • lists: medieval jousting-ground, field of combat → in Arthurian romances, to oust an enemy from the lists, or dive him out of the lists meant to defeat him in single combat