Medieval Two Handed Swords (zweihander, montante, spadone) – Context Part 1: Weight & Size

16th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Early modern period, Europe, HEMA, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Swords, Timeline

I feel that two-handed swords (otherwise known as greatswords, zweihander, montante, spadone etc) are a little misunderstood. They are not simply extra-long longswords, or at least lots of them are not. They have distinctive characteristics and methods of use. English Medieval Two-Hand Sword: https://www.museumreplicas.com/windlass-english-two-hand-sword?affiliate=scholagladiatoria Channel support and 3 extra videos per month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria…

Medieval Battle Axes! with Thor’s Forge 14th Century Replica

Accesories, Arms and armour, Axes, Europe, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline, Viking raids

Battle axes, of the one-handed variety, were popular from the Viking era onwards, but with the addition of rear spikes and other adaptations they saw a resurgence of popularity in the heavily armoured periods of the middle ages, particularly from the 13th century. Thor’s Forge: https://www.facebook.com/Thorsforge/

Gribshunden crossbow reproduction (sort of)

Accesories, Arms and armour, Crossbows, Europe, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Scandinavia and Baltic countries, Timeline

In the late 15thC the Gribshunden, a Danish war ship burnt off the coast of Sweden whilst on a mission. In the 1970’s it was found and last year it started to be recovered. During the excavations, parts of a crossbow were found and a collaborative effort between Lund University and Blerkinge Museum asked me…

Ask the Armouries Japanese Armour

16th c, Accesories, Armour, Arms and armour, Asia, Bows, Early middle ages, Early modern period, High middle ages, Japan Isles, Knowledge, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Ranged weapon, Region, Samurais, Timeline

+++ Re-upload with fixed audio +++ Our curator Natasha Bennet answers your questions about Samurai arms and armour, showing amazing objects from our collection and archive. Please comment on your questions and we can get around to answering them! Get our Elephant Plushie here —- https://bit.ly/2RLwK2f To learn more about Japanese arms and armour buy…

Conserving Mail Armour with Scarlett Parry

Accesories, Armour, Arms and armour, Early middle ages, Europe, High middle ages, Hydepark, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Mail, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline, Viking raids

Scarlett Parry discusses her time here at the Royal Armouries Museum and her experiences conserving the arms and armour in our collection, looking specifically at her work on mail shirts. Subscribe to our channel for more videos about arms and armour ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://royalarmouries.org/stories/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries We are the Royal Armouries, the…

Answering your questions about jousting

Europe, Hydepark, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Region, Timeline

Ahead of our annual International Jousting Tournament, we asked for your jousting and medieval tournament related questions. Our knight in residence (and Assistant Curator), Scot Hurst has all the answers. Where to find us: ⚔Website: https://royalarmouries.org/home ⚔Blog: https://blog.royalarmouries.org/ ⚔Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArmouriesMuseum/ ⚔Twitter: https://twitter.com/Royal_Armouries The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom’s national collection of arms and armour.…

Ask the Sword Guy episode 9-14

16th c, 17th c, 18th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Asia, Early modern period, Europe, HEMA, High middle ages, Hydepark, Japan Isles, Knights & Crusades, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Popular themes, Post type, Rapiers and muskets, Region, Samurais, Swords, Timeline

On Solo Training, and training with disabilities   Germans v Italians   Rapier dimensions, asymmetry, preparing for freeplay   Knights, katanas (again!), HMB, and a pattern welded longsword   What to do with a Million Dollars, training for Freeplay, et al   On Tournaments and other topics.

Medieval Weapons: The Pollaxe (AKA Poleaxe)

Accesories, Arms and armour, Axes, Europe, Hydepark, Late middle ages, Melee weapon, Middle ages, Post type, Region, Sticks, staffs and batons, Timeline

The medieval pollaxe (or poleaxe) is a very important weapon which reached peak popularity in 15th century Europe. It is optimized for armored combat and is as complex as the longsword in its construction and techniques of use. It can be found in many medieval fighting treatises. RELATED VIDEOS: