For the 1952 novel by Evelyn Waugh, see Men at Arms (Waugh novel). For the 2021 novel by Steven Pressfield, see A Man at Arms.
Men at Arms
First edition
Author
Terry Pratchett
Cover artist
Josh Kirby
Language
English
Series
Discworld
15th novel – 2nd City Watch novel (3rd story)
Subject
Affirmative action, firearms, and crime novels
Characters:
The City Watch, Havelock Vetinari
Locations:
Ankh-Morpork
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
Victor Gollancz
Publication date
1993
ISBN
0-575-05503-0
Preceded by
Lords and Ladies
Followed by
Soul Music
Men at Arms is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 15th book in the Discworld series, first published in 1993. It is the second novel about the Ankh-Morpork City Watch on the Discworld. Lance-constable Angua von Überwald, later in the series promoted to the rank of Sergeant, is introduced in this book. Lance-constable (in the course of the novel promoted to Acting-constable) Detritus is introduced as a new member of the watch as well, though he had already appeared in other Discworld novels, most notably in Moving Pictures. Also notable is the only appearance of Lance-constable Cuddy (also promoted to Acting-constable).
MenatArms is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 15th book in the Discworld series, first published in 1993. It is the second novel...
flank, with men-at-arms and knights in the centre. They might also have deployed some archers in the centre of the line. The English men-at-arms in plate...
opponents at a distance, whilst the armoured men-at-arms could deal with any Frenchmen who made it to the English lines. This is the crux of combined arms: to...
dismounted men-at-arms. They were driven back by the Anglo-Gascons, who were fighting entirely on foot. A second French attack by 4,000 men-at-arms on foot...
barrage and wooden archer's stakes, penetrated the formation of English men-at-arms and routed one wing of their longbowmen. The Milanese pursued the fleeing...
France, relating to the legendary companions of Charlemagne and his men-at-arms, the paladins, and the Matter of Britain, relating to the legend of King...
English fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett in his 1993 Discworld novel MenatArms. In the novel, Sam Vimes, the captain of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch...
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...
Thomas Walsingham gave the number of English men-at-arms who were killed as 700, while 500 more men-at-arms were spared for ransom. The Scottish losses...
specific aspect of the history of warfare. Their publications include the Men-at-Arms series, running to over 500 titles, with each book dedicated to a specific...
War. Published by Chapman & Hall from 1952 to 1961, the novels are: MenatArms (1952); Officers and Gentlemen (1955); and Unconditional Surrender (1961)...
field, of whom 2,426 were men of gentle birth. Nearly a hundred counts, barons, and bannerets and two thousand men-at-arms, besides many others, were...
royalty. Each lance was supposed to include a mixture of troop types (the men-at-arms themselves, lighter cavalry, infantry, and even noncombatant pages) that...
French vanguard, consisting of some 1,300 men-at-arms, soon appeared behind the enemy in battle order. At the sight of the French horsemen charging,...
that any particular weapon ... had everywhere a different name. While men-at-arms may have been armed with custom designed military weapons, militias were...
medieval French expression gens d'armes, which translates to "men-at-arms" (lit. 'people of arms'). In France and some Francophone nations, the gendarmerie...
War 1946–54. Men-at-Arms 322. Osprey Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 9781855327894. Windrow, Martin (1997). The Algerian War, 1954-62. Men-atArms 312. London:...
000 troops, including 2,500 men-at-arms, under Count Robert II of Artois to put down the rebellion. Meanwhile, 9,400 men from the civic militias of several...
knights, 2,400 men-at-arms and mounted sergeants, 600 crossbowmen, 3,900 heavy infantry and 4,500 light infantry, totalling around 12,000 men. It was probably...
World War II. Men-at-Arms 359. p. 14. ISBN 9781841763026. Jowett, Philip (10 September 2010). Chinese Warlord Armies 1911–1930. Men-at-Arms 463. Osprey...
veterans from the Hundred Years' War, and around 500 locally recruited men-at-arms mostly of English and Gascon background, though a Florentine volunteer...
Gabriele; Rava, Giuseppe (2019). Armies of the Great Northern War 1700–1720. Men-at-arms. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-1-4728-3349-5. Esposito...