Military

Arsenal. [Pedro, ch. 22: 49]

Dagger. [Pedro, vh. 21; 56]

1. Chief Provincial Governor. (CW) [Pedro, ch. 30: 59; ch. 32: 12]
2. Chief Justice within a specific territory. 
3. The most important magistrate within a frontier province. (CW)
4. The same as meirinho-mor. (CW)

1. Mace-carrying soldier.
2. Bodyguard (as a mace was considered a short-range protection weapon).
3. 'Besteiro' was a soldier serving with a crossbow (bèsta). There were many different types of 'besteiros' in Portugal, from 'besteiro da câmara' to 'besteiro da garrucha', 'besteiro do mar', etc. See Joaquim de Santa Rosa Viterbo, Elucidário das Palavras, Termos e Frases que em Portugal Antigamente se Usaram (Lisbon: 1865), vol. 1, pp. 132-133.

1. Religious military order  established by Alfonso VII of Castile when he gave the Castle of Calatrava to the Knights Templar.
2. Pope Alexander III ratified the Order of Calatrava in 1164.
3. In 1211, a group of Calatrava knights settled in Portugal on lands awarded by King Afonso II in Avis. Initially the order was linked to the headquarters in Castile, but eventually became independent as the Order of Avis.

Foot soldiers.

Foot soldiers.

1. Artillery piece, cannon, small cannon.

1. Coat of plates; plate armour.
2. Armour made of iron or steel plates shaped as a flouder, the fish, solha in Portuguese.

1. Bascinet, basinet.
2. Oval-shaped metal helmet forming a point toward the top of the head. It often had a visor which could have a pointed shape too and could be opened upwards or sideways by swinging on pivots.