Short swords were sometimes carried by infantry soldiers during the 18th and 19th centuries, but one particular type of sidearm – the pioneer sword – is the focus here. Why did pioneers carry such swords? http://www.antique-swords.co.uk
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An unusual and historically interesting antique sword – a French 1822 sabre with Egyptian and British connections. www.antique-swords.co.uk Extra videos: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
The film shows to make a leather medieval archery bracer, going through tools, techniques and materials, but importantly showing how to decorate your work in a medieval style, but in a way that you can do. I don’t care if you have no creative flair or skill at all – you can make one and…
Georgios Georgas is an instructor of historical martial arts in the Academy of historical European Martial Arts “Leontes” – club focused on late Byzantine and post-Byzantine period of history but they also study and practice ancient, medieval, renaissance and modern swordsmanship. “As far I remember myself, I grew up with the epics stories and poems…
What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: Wojna Wieków 2019 Krucza Bryła 2019 – Pakość Arundel Castle – 12,000 Years of History Wikinger Festival Damp 24./25.August 2019 Vikinglandsby Vendeltidsdagarna i Uppåkra Archeon Viking Festival Rassemblement Multi Epoques Herbéviller Military Odyssey – Eastern Warzone Weekend Mittelaltermarkt zur 777-Jahresfeier Tangstedt Fyrkat Wargame 2019 – There is…
What’s up in Middle Ages Reenactment Upcoming events: England’s Medieval Festival Wojna Wieków 2019 Old Sarum Battle of Kenilworth Castle Słowianie i Templariusze. XIII Festyn Historyczny Obóz w Nowicach – 2019 Tournoi des Combes Festival médiéval Adélaïde et ses troubadours org Mairie Burlats Rassemblement Multi Epoques Herbéviller Loughrea Medieval Festival Just Out Festival Horsens Middelalderfestival…
What’s up in Historical Fencing Upcoming events: Dutch Lions Cup 2019 11th HEMA Training Camp Purpleheart Open 2019 Event report: FightCamp 2019 Report by Schola Gladiatoria This week’s craftsman: PBT Historical Fencing This week’s videos: Red Dragon Concept Modular Feder Sword Unterhau Counter to 1st Ward I33 by Bill Tsafa Fehlen und Verführen by Björn…
Next time you complain about your boring desk job, think back to Victorian times—an era before the concept of occupational health and safety rules—and count yourself lucky. Back then, people were forced to think of some imaginative ways to earn a living, from seeking out treasure in the sewers to literally selling excrement. Continue reading…
Campaigners hope to raise £300,000 to save a historic building in Aberdeen. Westburn House, situated in the park of the same name, has fallen into a state of severe disrepair and needs urgent work to save it from falling into ruin. The house dates back to 1839 and was designed by Archibald Simpson, the Aberdeen-born…
A 200-year-old fort in Guernsey that was used by occupying Nazis in World War Two has been sold for £1m, half the original asking price. Fort Richmond was originally built in the Napoleonic era to discourage invasion, but the barracks as it appears today was built in 1855. Continue reading on BBC News
What’s up in Reenactment of 1789-1914 Upcoming events: Confederate Living History Weekend at the Antietam National Battlefield Revolution on the Ohio Frontier Civil War Living History Reenactment at Fort Adams Life on Campaign, Summer Living History at Bentonville Battlefield Artillery Demonstrations at the Petersburg National Battlefield Event report: Galesburg Heritage Days 2019 Napoleonic Wars in…
The two-day event featured a viking village, battle demonstrations, a feast and more. “Viking Days is all about where the Danish immigration began,” said Susan Hejduk, business manager at the museum. “Almost every Canadian can connect to that. For the majority of Canadians, somewhere in their history, there will be an immigration – somebody will…
But what is it that makes a battle decisive? The answer is straightforward: impact! A decisive battle should have long-term socio-political implications between adversaries and profoundly affect the balance of power on more than just the local level. But it is a specific characteristic of (decisive) battles that makes them invaluable for historians to study, their rarity.…
The prevailing view has been the Middle Ages were an era of “feudal heteronomy”, radically distinct from the early modern international system that superseded it sometime between the mid-sixteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries. According to this view, the late medieval order was not an international system, properly understood, for the simple reason that it did not…
The earliest widespread use of horse armour appears to have been in Inner Asia, perhaps more specifically in Khwarazm. Thereafter horse armour became notably characteristic of Central and Inner Asia, not only amongst nomadic tribes but also amongst settled peoples such as the Turkish Uighurs of what is now called the Chinese autonomous region of…
This article was inspired by the discussion surrounding the edge alignment of a strike recorded on video on a tournament somewhere. Now, I am not singling out anyone in particular, I don’t even know who this is. The fencers, tournament location, etc are unimportant. (For simplicity I will simply refer to Fencer Left and Fencer…
Jason Kingsley OBE, the Modern Knight, investigates medieval domestic lighting. Credits: Talos, Silver, Hawkeye, The Mighty Kaiju, Professor Fawn De Pom Pom Direction, Camera, Sound, Editing Kasumi Presenter Jason Kingsley OBE Tweets by RebellionJason Tweets by ModernHistoryTV Tweets by Rebellion Music licensed from PremiumBeat.
What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: Häme Medieval Festival VI Grzybowski Turniej Wojów 4e Festival d’HISTOIRE Vivante De Vikingen komen! Event reports: Wikingertagen in Schleswig This week’s craftsman: Viking Merchants This week’s videos: A Wolf-Tooth Spear Head Review Medieval Shoppe Old Norse Axe by Medieval Mayhem This week’s articles: Medieval and Viking Era…
Today’s archeologists have a much more nuanced idea about this guy’s identity. We do know that this man was a warrior, who lived sometime around 800 to 1000 CE, because of the sword he was buried alongside. However, the style of the sword is unique, not like any of the 1,500 early medieval graves found in…
Archaeological remains of three buildings have been discovered at Hofstaðir in North Iceland. Archaeologists were not previously aware of the buildings’ existence, RÚV reports. The site, located in the Mývatn area, contains both Medieval and Viking Age artefacts. Hofstaðir is the most-researched archaeological site in Iceland, and according to Professor of Archaeology Orri Vésteinsson of the University…
What’s up in Middle Ages Reenactment Upcoming events: Kening Striid 2019 Médiévales de Rochefort en terre 2019 Bosworth Medieval Festival Templariada 2019 Camp off Medievalsace 2019 XX Jarmark i Turniej Rycerski na Zamku Chudów Fête médiévale de Puycelsi 2019 Participe au Festival Médiéval Event report: Battle for the Kornicz’s Watchtower Mercer County Fair with jousting…
This summer, visitors to some of England’s most imposing and ancient cathedrals will find carnival rides, a mini golf course, a lunar landscape and a lifelike model of the Earth dangling from the ceiling. Inside Norwich Cathedral in the east of England, a colorful, 55-foot-tall slide — known as a helter skelter — winds past…
What’s up in Historical Fencing Upcoming events: Rencontre AMHE FightCamp 2019 Historisk kampsport på Trelleborgen Event report: Destreza vs Italian rapier This week’s craftsman: Regenyei Armoury This week’s videos: Playing around with Marozzos Imbracciatura by ChicagoSwordplay I33 – Durchtreten by Federico Malagutti Kicking in swordfencing by The Exiles Testing Kraken Swords British Navy Cutlass by…
Are medieval weapons we see in museums perfect? When making a reproduction, how good should it be? I use examples of the IX949 from the Royal Armouries supplied by www.todsworkshop.com and antenna and baselard daggers from The Royal Armouries and a Mary Rose bollock dagger – all three from www.todcutler.com to illustrate my points and…
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Gripping the sword seems simple enough but there are often mistakes made. The sword is sometimes held too tightly or too loosely. The sword is sometimes held by the wrong fingers, or with the pressure of the wrong fingers. Each one of these elements can impact how the sword is used by the fencer. Of…
This is the justification a certain well-known but severely misguided HEMA interpreter to apply longsword striking techniques to the spear, which drives me pretty insane. It just wasn’t done with spears, but a certain sector of the HEMA community just loves the ideas of taking techniques from one form and applying them to a different…
Fundraising campaign in aim to teach children historical fencing. HEMA community is growing nicely, bringing together people of a different age and various backgrounds. There is however one group almost not present in the discipline – the kids. We aim to fill this gap and start a group made exclusively for children. We can be…
I’ve looked at antique cutlasses lots on my channel, but this is a sword with a difference. www.antique-swords.co.uk Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
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I happen to have 3 important models on French military sword from the 1820s in hand at the moment, so I thought I’d do a little comparison for you. www.antique-swords.co.uk Extra videos at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
In today’s interview we have a conversation with the owner and editor of Muzzleloader Magazine, Jason Gatliff. http://www.muzzleloadermagazine.com/ Visit Our Website! ➧ http://www.townsends.us/ ➧➧ Help support the channel with Patreon ➧ https://www.patreon.com/townsend ➧➧ Sign up for the YouTube Mailing List! ➧ http://www.townsends.us/youtube_list.htm ➧➧ Twitter ➧ @Jas_Townsend Facebook ➧ facebook.com/jas.townsend Instagram ➧ townsends_official
There is a connection between WW1 era British bayonets and Japanese samurai swords and knives that most people don’t know about. Here we look at the 1907 pattern British bayonet and its inspiration the Type 30 Arisaka. Extra videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: Wikingertage Schleswig Frivillig – Lofotr Vikingfestival 2019 Podróże w czasie – wioska księcia Mieszka Event reports: Festival of Slavs and Vikings “Wolin-Jomsborg-Vineta” Vikingemarked i Hobro This week’s craftsman: Living History Crafts This week’s videos: Viking tattoos – interview with Uffe Berenth of Ginnungagap Art by Mathias Nordvig…
During 2016, construction of a new road to connect a local highway with Coleg Menai’s Pencraig Campus in Anglesey, Wales, revealed the remains of 54 people dating to the early medieval period, approximately A.D. 800. Then, in 2017, an additional 32 individuals were uncovered nearby; bones and objects from this location dated to around A.D. 400. Continue…
The site, at Skaill Farmstead in Westness, Rousay, is believed to date back to the 10th Century and may have been used by the chieftain Sigurd. Stone walls, benches, pottery and a fragment of a Norse bone comb were found during the excavation. It is hoped the site could reveal much about diet, farming and fishing…
The great endeavor of historical fencers is to recreate the lost martial arts of Europe. There are some living traditions too, and the hope is to breathe new life into them as well and make sure they are preserved and remain living. But what defines HEMA and what is it based on? Here are four…
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What’s up in Middle Ages Reenactment Upcoming events: 52ème Grande Fête Médiévale Bleiberg 2019 Les Grandes Médiévales du Fort La Latte 2019 III Rycerska bitwa o strażnicę Kornicza Fête Médiévale de Bouillon 2019 Joute en lance réelle Wars of the Roses at Oxburgh Hall Médiévale Saint Antoine l’Abbaye Event reports: Les Médiévales de Parthenay This…
What’s up in Historical Fencing Upcoming events: Seize The Initiative 3 Destreza vs Italian rapier Event report: An Cruinneachadh – Single Stick Tournament This week’s craftsman: Black Fencer This week’s videos: 5 Finger Sparring Glove Review by Academy of Historical Fencing Presentation Grade 1882 French Officers Sword by IPostSwords Kvetun Easton Mkiii Sabre Sparring –…
Now, I’m more interested in the authenticity of the fighting than the look of the clothes. I have had all too much experience of badly fitting, cheaply made, poorly tailored “historical” clothing that was not particularly representative of what it should have been in terms of the specifics of how it hung, how it moved,…
Historical Fencing products and equipment from Spain: mostly synthetic simulators. Website: https://blackfencer.com Facebook: Black Fencer
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One of the ways that I restore antique leather items, such as sword scabbards, belts, binocular cases, straps, boots, etc. Chelsea Dubbin: https://amzn.to/2SXfjKY Extra videos: https://www.patreon.com/scholagladiatoria
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Why are historical film props so often ‘not quite right’? This film explains why weapons props are so often not quite historically correct however much we all wish for it…. Real life working on films gets in the way of being totally historically accurate; after all none of us are making a documentary. If you…
What’s up in Middle Ages Reenactment Upcoming events: 8. Mittelalterliches Klosterfest Miesbach 2019 Médiévales Colombier Fontaine Les Médiévales de Parthenay 22nd Tournament in the Ogrodzieniec Castle Médiévale de Cereste Battle of Evesham Legendary Joust – Beeston Castle The Loxwood Joust 2019 Médiévales A Montpezat Les Grandes Médiévales du Fort La Latte 2019 Gloucester History Festival…
This year tournament at the walls of Siewierz Castle hosted more than two hundreds medieval reenactors. Piotr Kriger won both – the longsword and the sword and shield competition. 8th Knights’ Tournament in Siewierz Castle just ended. Since its very beginning organizers aimed to connect reenactors of high and late middle ages. Last weekend fields…
Jason Kingsley OBE, the Modern Knight investigates his latest medieval saddle on one of his fiery stallions. Credits: Mr. Dibbs Direction, Camera, Sound, Editing Kasumi Presenter Jason Kingsley OBE Tweets by RebellionJason Tweets by ModernHistoryTV Tweets by Rebellion Music licensed from PremiumBeat.
I’m Linda and I focus on historical costumes. I travel all around Sweden (and abroad too) holding workshops and teaching about historical crafting, and I also make historical clothing on comission, for companies, reenactors and museums. Website: https://handcraftedhistory.blog Facebook: Handcrafted History Etsy: HandcraftedHistories
What’s up in Early Medieval Reenactment Upcoming events: Festival of Slavs and Vikings “Wolin-Jomsborg-Vineta” Odense Middelalderdage 2019 Hornbore ting – Vikingamarknad 2019 130th Islendingadagurinn – Icelandic Festival of Manitoba Vikingemarked i Hobro Romaría Vikinga in Catoira Vikings at Birka Vikingekrigere in Ribe Past events: Moesgård Viking Moot Vikingehåndværkertræf 2019 in Aggersborg Viking Market in Saltvik…
Possible grave of a Slavic warrior woman has been identified by Dr. Leszek Gardeła. Archaeologists discovered it many years ago in the Viking cemetery on the Danish island of Langeland. But until now they did not notice a typical Slavic axe. According to the researcher, both the form of the burial – a chamber grave…
Thank you all for the feedback yesterday, I am quite enjoying being able to sit back and learn from your opinions. I plan to do a few more videos on this and see how far we can take the conversation.
My name is Jadwiga and I run that store since 2011. You may find here broad selection of silver and bronze jewellery, mostly replicas from archaeological findings from all over the Europe. Thanks to cooperation with Kokosz Manufacture we can provide also gambesons and padded equipment, covering the period from 9th to 16th century. Website:…
What’s up in Historical Fencing Upcoming events: CombatCon An Cruinneachadh – Single Stick Tournament Past events: Albion Cup 2019 Cornhusker State Games – HEMA – 2019 NESG: Boar’s Tooth 2019 Sword Fight V This week’s craftsman: Bloss – For Hemaists from Hemaist This week’s videos: When Safety Is Dangerous 1 – Masks In HEMA by…
HEMA weapons and jackets Website: http://bloss.pl Facebook: Bloss – For Hemaists from Hemaist