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Battle of Hemmingstedt, the Glossary

The Battle of Hemmingstedt took place on 17 February 1500 south of the village of Hemmingstedt, near the present village of Epenwöhrden, in the western part of present-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.^[1]

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25 relations: Artillery, Black Band (landsknechts), Denmark, Dithmarschen, Epenwöhrden, Franciscans, Frederick I of Denmark, Frederick II of Denmark, Germany, Hemmingstedt, John, King of Denmark, Junker, Kalmar Union, Landsknecht, Levee, Lunden, Mary, mother of Jesus, Monastery, Nazism, North Sea, Patron saint, Peasant, Republic, Schleswig-Holstein, Wöhrden.
1500 in Europe
1500s in the Holy Roman Empire
Battles involving Germany
Conflicts in 1500
Military history of Schleswig-Holstein

Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Black Band (landsknechts)

The Black Band was a formation of 16th century mercenaries, largely pikemen, probably serving as Landsknechts.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Dithmarschen

Dithmarschen (Low Saxon:; archaic English: Ditmarsh; Ditmarsken; Tedmarsgo) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Epenwöhrden

Epenwöhrden is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Franciscans

The Franciscans are a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church.

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Frederick I of Denmark

Frederick I (Danish and;;; 7 October 1471 – 10 April 1533) was King of Denmark and Norway.

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Frederick II of Denmark

Frederick II (1 July 1534 – 4 April 1588) was King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Schleswig and Holstein from 1559 until his death in 1588.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Hemmingstedt

Hemmingstedt is a German municipality in the district of Dithmarschen in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

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John, King of Denmark

John (Danish, Norwegian and Hans;; 2 February 1455 – 20 February 1513) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union.

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Junker

Junker (Junker, Junker, Jonkheer, Yunker, Junker, Junker, იუნკერი, Iunkeri) is a noble honorific, derived from Middle High German Juncherre, meaning 'young nobleman'Duden; Meaning of Junker, in German.

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Kalmar Union

The Kalmar Union (Danish, Norwegian, and Kalmarunionen; Kalmarin unioni; Kalmarsambandið; Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by widowed Queen Margaret of Norway and Sweden.

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Landsknecht

The Landsknechte (singular: Landsknecht), also rendered as Landsknechts or Lansquenets, were German mercenaries used in pike and shot formations during the early modern period.

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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Lunden

Lunden is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Nazism

Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

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North Sea

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

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Patron saint

A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person.

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Peasant

A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasants existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hemmingstedt