Thanks everyone .... PK in particular, for the quote ... I prodded the wheels issue in particular as it so often get described as a cart ... excellent ... ...
Thanks, Don - good call ... For those interested, the Shattered Lances site does cover the question - and fairly authoritatively specifies Richard's battle ...
I had a look at Shattered Lances and didn't find it! Did you look at the earlyblazon site as well re. Richard's arms? Well argued without making a categorical...
The specific page was, I think ... http://users.actrix.co.nz/moyle/figs/standard.html I flicked over to the earlyblazon site briefly when I did my mail ... the...
He seems to have changed his arms at some point, ending with the familiar one which are still the Royal Arms of England. I think these are also the arms on his...
Hi All Got myself into one of those 'discussions' today with one of those people who read a book in the 70s about Vikings!!! I was sure I'd seen evidence...
... I believe the Gokstad ship had a set of alternating black & yellow shields fixed to her sides - the uniformity might suggest they are not crew shields but...
Hi Phil, You're rather stretching the point of the strategikon's irrelevance as it is clearly an evolution of hellenistic military practice but I don't mean to...
Etruscan origin riddle solved Mystery people came from Turkey, DNA says (ANSA) - Rome, June 19 - The ancient riddle of where the Etruscans came from has been...
Actually, the Etruscan linkage to Asia Minor was rather clear back in the 60's. I recall in my Ancient History, undergraduate class, the prof spent some time...
... You've received good replies. Just one more thing: I'm on holiday without my books, but I'm fairly certain rowing would be impossible with shields on the...
based on the viking longship/osprey - the gotland ship had 16 oars and 32 shields per side and the shields blocked the oar holes. it shows the viking shields...
For an intriguing article on where Richard got his lion from, see this link http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art3.htm Richard stopped off in Sicily on the way...
Posted by: "johnrohdeuk" johnrohdeuk@... johnrohdeuk ... ... and I say that it's the pot calling the kettle black, what do you *think* I mean by that?...
Posted by: "johnrohdeuk" johnrohdeuk@... johnrohdeuk ... Let me try again. You stated that it was Macchivelli who was the source of the assertion that...
... source of ... thing, so ... I stated that "Book 2 of Machiavelli's, Art of War, might well be the source" (Message #58291) and re Oman, that: The source he...
... If it's Oman you mean, then he didn't purport to be a source for events four hundred years before his time. He did reference participants in the battle to...
Unless anyone has tidbits to add on Saracen heraldry (yes please, send, send, send ...)... My final(ish) question on flags and banner is on the 'cross and ...
I haven't looked in on the group for several days and this probably won't throw light on the ship shield issue, but the largest ship reconstruction made at...
Hi, What do we know about the density of those 15-16thC pike units' fronts? Everybody seemed to be able to pass them front to back during combat, without too...
