The Blog
Random musings on medieval knighthood, military history, wargaming, and dressing up in armour.
The Ploughed Fields of Agincourt.
I was reading something about medieval landscapes recently, for the course I teach on castles, and came across a description of medieval ridge-and-furrow ploughland that completely changed my mental picture of the battlefield of Agincourt.
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Vng petit bec de faulcon A une main pour vng capp[itai]ne…
Leafing through Ralph Moffat’s excellent new volume, I found an intriguing reference to ‘a small bec de faulcon for one hand, for a captain’. This got me thinking about the use of weapons as symbols of command.
Six Things I Have Learnt from Wearing Armour.
I’ve been wearing my armour a lot this summer. Here are six things that I have learnt from doing so.
This Historian’s Harness
I’ve wanted armour since I was a child, but how did I come to choose the style that I did?