Shrub Knight
Shrub knight was originally a name for impoverished knights who lived by robbing the streets, and is very closely related to the term robber knight . The expression makes it clear that this type of robber, which appeared increasingly from the 13th century, roamed around on a horse and hid behind bushes or in bushes before an attack on a traveling merchant or pilgrim . The term is therefore with the closely related the shrub thief lying in wait, hiding in the bushes or undergrowth travelers. The terms common pike and hedge rider , which were used by merchants in southern Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries, have a comparable conceptual root.
The term is largely synonymous with robber barons, thieves, muggers and highwaymen and is now a dirty word in the sense of crook , scoundrel , villain , fraudsters used.
See also
literature
- Shrub Knight. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 19 : Stob – Strollen - (X, 3rd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1957, Sp. 994 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ duden.de
- ↑ Perennial pike . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . 6th edition. Volume 18, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1909, p. 875 .
- ↑ dede.mydict.com