Destrier between 20 and 300 livres parisis (parisian pounds), compared to 5 to 12 livres for a normal courser. Destrier The destrier is the best-known war horse of the medieval era. It carried knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts. It was described by contemporary sources as the "Great Horse", due to its significance. While highly prized by knights and men-at-arms, the destrier was not very common. Most knights and mounted men-at-arms rode other war horses, such as coursers and rounceys. These three types of horse were often referred to generically as chargers. The word is first attested in Middle English around
A Knight at Prayer in a Chapel, Preparing Himself for Combat A Knight at Prayer in a Chapel, Preparing Himself for Combat Un Chevalier se préparant au combat (English: A Knight Preparing Himself for Combat) is a c. 1805 painting by Fleury François Richard. According to the artist's description, the painting depicts a knight praying in the chapel of the Église Saint-Irénée de Lyon, which had been ruined by the Baron des Adrets in 1562. The 14 by 17 inch oil on wood painting has been in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon since 1981. The painting was shown in the Paris Salon of 1806, and highly praised by Pierre-Jean-Baptiste