Viking Age Arms and Armor Viking Sword and Shield Combat.

[Gerard Kraay]

You all may have seen this.

http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_sword_technique.htm

GK

[BigMac]

Cool.

Especially liked the bit.....

"Evidence suggests that sword and shield combat targeted every part of the body. Forensic evidence from skeletal remains shows wounds from head to lower leg. When a target is mentioned in the sagas, the head, upper body, and legs are all mentioned with nearly equal frequency, while arms and back and shoulder are mentioned less frequently.

Even the names of weapons tell us something about common targets. The sword of Bolli in Laxdæla saga was named Fótbítr (Leg Biter), which suggests that the leg was considered a good target for a sword attack in the Viking age."

TTFN

[Robbo]

Yep. Read that one ages ago. Thought some parts of it were very cool and we either started to use them or already were. Other aspects are just, ummm, cute.

Good to see a the link again though Gerard, thx dude.

[conal]

Lovely article. Ta.