Medievalists.net » Military History http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 How to make swords talk: an interdisciplinary approach to understanding medieval swords and their inscriptions http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/how-to-make-swords-talk-an-interdisciplinary-approach-to-understanding-medieval-swords-and-their-inscriptions/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/how-to-make-swords-talk-an-interdisciplinary-approach-to-understanding-medieval-swords-and-their-inscriptions/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:53:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62927 In the present article we want to explain in detail the methods we used for the documentation and interpretation of medieval swords and their inscriptions.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/12/02/how-to-make-swords-talk-an-interdisciplinary-approach-to-understanding-medieval-swords-and-their-inscriptions/feed/ 0 The Duel between Guy of Steenvoorde and Iron Herman http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/the-duel-between-guy-of-steenvoorde-and-iron-herman/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/the-duel-between-guy-of-steenvoorde-and-iron-herman/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2015 19:09:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62867 ...both fought bitterly. But Guy knocked his adversary from his horse and kept him down easily with his lance as he was struggling to get up. Then his opponent, running nearer, ran Guy's horse through with his sword, disemboweling it.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/29/the-duel-between-guy-of-steenvoorde-and-iron-herman/feed/ 0 Guns in Scotland: the manufacture and use of guns and their influence on warfare from the fourteenth century to c.1625 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/guns-in-scotland-the-manufacture-and-use-of-guns-and-their-influence-on-warfare-from-the-fourteenth-century-to-c-1625/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/guns-in-scotland-the-manufacture-and-use-of-guns-and-their-influence-on-warfare-from-the-fourteenth-century-to-c-1625/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:21:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62653 Guns first came into use in Western Europe in the fourteenth century and the Scots were using them by the 1380s.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/20/guns-in-scotland-the-manufacture-and-use-of-guns-and-their-influence-on-warfare-from-the-fourteenth-century-to-c-1625/feed/ 0 Ponderous, Cruel and Mortal: A Review of Medieval Poleaxe Technique from Surviving Treatises of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/ponderous-cruel-and-mortal-a-review-of-medieval-poleaxe-technique-from-surviving-treatises-of-the-fourteenth-and-fifteenth-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/ponderous-cruel-and-mortal-a-review-of-medieval-poleaxe-technique-from-surviving-treatises-of-the-fourteenth-and-fifteenth-centuries/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:13:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62596 There is no weapon more evocative of the brute force in violence both public and private, a weapon that seems to be perhaps epitomize and even enshrine violence on a grand scale.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/17/ponderous-cruel-and-mortal-a-review-of-medieval-poleaxe-technique-from-surviving-treatises-of-the-fourteenth-and-fifteenth-centuries/feed/ 0 The 700th Anniversary of the Battle of Morgarten http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/15/the-700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-morgarten/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/15/the-700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-morgarten/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2015 21:29:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62540 On November 15, 1315, an Austrian army of at least a few thousand men marched along the shores of Lake Ägeri in central Switzerland. It was here that they were ambushed by over a thousand Swiss farmers.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/15/the-700th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-morgarten/feed/ 0 Masculinity and Crusade: the influence of martial activity in the Latin East on Norman and Frankish warrior identity, the material culture, c. 1095-1300 http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/masculinity-and-crusade-the-influence-of-martial-activity-in-the-latin-east-on-norman-and-frankish-warrior-identity-the-material-culture-c-1095-1300/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/masculinity-and-crusade-the-influence-of-martial-activity-in-the-latin-east-on-norman-and-frankish-warrior-identity-the-material-culture-c-1095-1300/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2015 02:36:50 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62361 This dissertation argues that masculine identity in the era of the Crusades developed with Christological and martial focus.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/07/masculinity-and-crusade-the-influence-of-martial-activity-in-the-latin-east-on-norman-and-frankish-warrior-identity-the-material-culture-c-1095-1300/feed/ 0 Technological Determinisms of Victory at the Battle of Agincourt http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/03/technological-determinisms-of-victory-at-the-battle-of-agincourt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/03/technological-determinisms-of-victory-at-the-battle-of-agincourt/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2015 18:22:51 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62252 This article takes issue with the deterministic conclusions of a recent study by three scientists who investigated the effects of wearing armour on soldier exhaustion during the battle of Agincourt.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/agincourt-1415-the-battle/feed/ 0 Five Myths about the Battle of Agincourt http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/five-myths-about-the-battle-of-agincourt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/10/25/five-myths-about-the-battle-of-agincourt/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2015 20:03:54 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62015 Anne Curry explains that 'no other battle has generated so much interest or some much myth' as the Battle of Agincourt, fought on October 25, 1415.

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