Paladins.
A select band of knights in the service of Charlemagne, the most famous of whom was Roland or Orlando. Most of them were killed at the Battle of Roncesvalles, where Charlemagne’s troops were defeated by the Moors in 778.
Palatinate Catechism.
See Heidelberg Catechism.
Palatines.
In Poland the generals of the forces raised in the various palatinates, or provinces, were so called.
Pale, The.
The portion of Ireland subdued and settled by Henry II in 1175, within which only the English law was in force.
Palisades, Burgesses of the.
See Pfahlbürger.