Greenwich armour from the Musée de l’Armée.

16th c, Accesories, Arming garments, Armour, Armour plates, Arms and armour, British Isles, Early modern period, Europe, Knowledge, Post type, Region, Timeline

Olivier Renaudeau, a curator from the Musée de l’Armée in Paris, takes a look at a suit of armours from the famous Greenwich armoury. (English Subtitles available) Over five episodes Olivier explores objects in their collection related to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. The Royal Armouries had planned to feature some of the…

Gothic Tudor poleaxe from the Musée de l’Armée.

16th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, British Isles, Early modern period, Europe, Melee weapon, Polearms, Region, Timeline

Olivier Renaudeau, a curator from the Musée de l’Armée in Paris, examines at gothic poleaxe of a kind used at the Field of Cloth of Gold. Over five episodes Olivier explores objects in their collection related to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. The Royal Armouries had planned to feature some of the objects…

The ceremonial sword of Francis I from the Musée de l’Armée.

16th c, Accesories, Arms and armour, Early modern period, Europe, France and Low Countries, Melee weapon, Region, Swords, Timeline

Olivier Renaudeau, a curator from the Musée de l’Armée in Paris, looks at Francis I’s ceremonial sword. Over five episodes Olivier explores objects in their collection related to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. The Royal Armouries had planned to feature some of the objects in our exhibition in Leeds. These films will be…

Foot combat armour by Nicolo Silva from the Musée de l’Armée

16th c, Accesories, Arming garments, Armour, Armour plates, Arms and armour, Early modern period, Europe, Hydepark, Italian Peninsula, Post type, Region, Timeline

Olivier Renaudeau, a curator from the Musée de l’Armée in Paris, looks at a foot combat armour by the Milanese master armourer Nicolo Silva. Over two episodes Olivier explores objects in their collection related to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. The Royal Armouries had planned to feature the objects in our exhibition in…

Blood & blades! Kukris, knives, swords, notches & blood grooves

Accesories, Arms and armour, Daggers, Hydepark, Knives, Melee weapon, Post type

Blood everywhere! Lots of people seem to be under the impression that grooves, fullers, kukri cho, knife notches and all similar things are all about BLOOD! Channel support and 3 extra videos per month on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria Facebook & Twitter updates, info and fun: https://www.facebook.com/historicalfencing/ Tweets by scholagladiato1 Matt Easton’s website and services: https://www.matt-easton.co.uk/ Easton…

Why Bladed Weapons Continued Being Developed By Modern World Armies & Navies

1789-1914, Accesories, Arms and armour, Bayonets, Cold War, Early modern period, Firearms, HEMA, Hydepark, Interwar period, Knives, Late modern period, Melee weapon, Popular themes, Post type, Ranged weapon, Timeline, WWI, WWII

Why did late-19th and 20th century military and navy organisations continue developing bladed and close combat weapons, as well as issuing and training their troops with them? It’s not all about killing statistics, but being prepared, tactics and the few exceptions that made it worth it. Extra videos 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/