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  • Part 4: Missile Weapons
    =Bows And Arrows= ...the bow end. The grip was left bare without any leather or cloth for grip, and the 'knocking point' of the arrow didn't have a sliver of horn to protect t
    9 KB (1,648 words) - 16:33, 27 August 2018
  • Pottery Kilns
    ...small fire was lit in the pit, the pots were assembled around the top edge and turned frequently, this warming prevents later explosions when the pots are ...y a turf was lifted, just to make sure that enough air was flowing through and to draw the fire slightly.
    7 KB (1,279 words) - 20:06, 26 October 2018
  • Generic - Men
    ...rousers (or hose and braies), shoes, a cloak, an under shirt, leg bindings and a leather buckled belt. Either a tunic or shirt must be worn at all times ...r linen (Optional). It should be reasonably close-fitting around the neck, and if a “keyhole” neckline is chosen, the slit should be made only large e
    8 KB (1,314 words) - 12:52, 27 October 2021
  • Viking Military Organisation
    ...is army. In addition the lord could call upon his estates to provide ships and crews (the coastal nature of Scandinavian warfare meant that armies were of ...verage guide, although if each crew had say three times the number of bows and arrows to mail shirts, then carnage was almost always guaranteed. So either
    5 KB (915 words) - 20:08, 31 October 2018
  • How the Healing Herb Became
    ...the land from the Fomorians and they were helped by their god of medicine and physic, Diancecht. ...They each climbed from the well, whole again and fit to rejoin the battle; and in this manner, which I shall forbear to call cheating, the Tuatha De Danaa
    5 KB (937 words) - 22:19, 27 August 2018
  • Early Mediaeval Brewing
    ...lted". Malting is the process by which the grain is soaked over a few days and then laid out to dry. Once it starts to germinate, it is very roughly crush No not the potato variety! Mash is the name given to the mix of malt and gruit which are allowed to ferment together.
    7 KB (1,226 words) - 21:28, 27 August 2018
  • Who were the Huscarles?
    ...Household Troops', the highly trained soldier who served a particular lord and his family or household. Certainly by the later eleventh century, the Norse ...Englishmen into his elite guard to aid the unification between Englishmen and Danes. Whatever the reason, it can be seen that this would have given Cnut
    7 KB (1,303 words) - 20:08, 31 October 2018
  • Nålebinding
    The history, origins, construction and use of 'needle-binding' with specific reference to the 'Coppergate sock'. ...ced in a darning technique, with a coarse needle and length of plied yarn, and where the thread of the new stitch is passed arbitrarily through at least t
    10 KB (1,628 words) - 14:25, 7 April 2020
  • Church Organisation
    The Church was a structured organisation, with a system of grades or ranks and a geographical structure. The rank system is best understood if we consider .... When people were sick or dying the priest would offer help and comfort - and perhaps even medical assistance.
    5 KB (875 words) - 11:34, 30 August 2018
  • Trade in Anglo-Saxon England
    ...e many things that would be needed around the farm: iron, salt, lead, hone and building stone, wine, fish, flax, antler, etc.. Common sense shows us that ...an, the lead mined in Bristol, or the salt obtained from pans in Droitwich and Cheshire. More 'exotic' items came from overseas, including quern-stones fr
    5 KB (832 words) - 17:47, 27 August 2018
  • Part 8: Shields
    ...what the chroniclers meant. Late Roman shield finds, the shield from Nydam and a fragment from the Isle of Man all have paint applied directly to the wood ...ied in size from around 45 - 120cm (18" - 48") in diameter but the smaller and more manageable 75 - 90cm (30" - 36") is by far the most common.
    7 KB (1,235 words) - 16:38, 27 August 2018
  • Welsh Warfare
    ...tside the formularised heroic literature, descriptions of battles, tactics and army compositions are rare. The main literary sources are: * 'Culhwch and Olwen' in the same manuscript as the Mabinogi but provenancable from a slig
    6 KB (976 words) - 20:09, 31 October 2018
  • How Do We Know?
    ...in use at the same time as the coin. It does not follow that both the coin and the building were concurrent. ...le objects within the same layer will help to date that particular context and contribute towards the dating of the whole site. But what about wood? - thi
    9 KB (1,599 words) - 19:12, 27 August 2018
  • Lamellar armour from Byzantium
    ''This article and its response originally appeared as '''Much Ado About Bondage''' in our soc ...yzantine manuscripts and ivory caskets is their depiction of a chest strap and two shoulder straps over the lamellar armour. In the Osprey books, this is
    7 KB (1,267 words) - 21:15, 30 October 2018
  • Who Were the Celts?
    ...or these people was 'Galatai'. The Romans used the words 'Celtae', 'Galli' and 'Galatae'. Ephorus a Greek writer accorded them as being one of the four gr ...n Yoke'. The Romans had indeed brought the peoples of Britain great wealth and opportunity by connecting them to a greater Europe. The country was transfo
    6 KB (1,007 words) - 17:58, 27 August 2018
  • Swords
    ....jpg|thumb|left|A C9th Anglo-Saxon sword with a silver inlayed iron pommel and grip]] ...revious owners bravery. The blades were between 72 - 80cm (29" - 32") long and about 7.5cm (3") broad at their widest with a shallow but broad groove or f
    8 KB (1,430 words) - 19:59, 31 October 2018
  • Mail Armour
    ...of iron from a piece of sheet, or drawing iron wire through a draw-plate, and winding this around a cylindrical former. It was then cut off with a chisel ...whole mailshirt was likely to have been 'oil tempered' to make it stronger and give some degree of rust-proofing.
    6 KB (990 words) - 21:16, 30 October 2018
  • Slave Trading
    ...harters and Domesday Book, but the evidence for them is mostly fragmentary and widely scattered. ...ick demonstrates. He was captured by pirates in the south-west of England, and spent six years in Ireland before escaping.
    4 KB (676 words) - 18:53, 12 August 2019
  • The Conversion of the Pagans
    ...rope in the early middle ages. Its intended purpose is to put Christianity and paganism into perspective. ...ow are raging. This sparrow flies swiftly in through one door of the hall, and out through another. While he is inside, he is safe from the winter storms:
    5 KB (942 words) - 11:40, 30 August 2018
  • Ink
    ...thicken, add a third part of pure wine, put it into two or three new pots, and continue boiling until you see that it forms a sort of skin on top. ...a piece of iron a finger thick, put it into the fire, let it get red-hot, and immediately throw it into the ink.'
    5 KB (937 words) - 12:08, 30 August 2018

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