The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, was the defence of the city of Minas Tirith by the forces of Gondor and the cavalry of its ally Rohan, against the
The battle, and in particular the death of Théoden, has been compared to the historic Battle of the Catalaunian Fields. Painting by Alphonse de Neuville.
"Great horns of the North wildly blowing": here, one made from a horn of an aurochs
Albrecht Altdorfer's 1529 oil painting The Battle of Alexander at Issus inspired Peter Jackson's film depiction.
A left-arm vambrace; the bend would be placed at the knight's elbow
The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, also called the Battle of the Campus Mauriacus, Battle of Châlons, Battle of Troyes or the Battle of Maurica, took place on 20 June 451 AD, between a coalition, l
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
…fields between Minas Tirith and the River Anduin. In search of Tolkien's sources, scholars have compared the battle with the historic account of the Battle of the Catalaunian Fields where King Theodoric I was trampled to death by his own men after he fell from his horse. Others have likened the death of the Witch-king of Angmar to…
The Battle of the Catalaunian Plains as depicted in the Chronica Hungarorum
Course of the battle