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Medieval Warfare
Medieval Warfare refers to warfare during the Middle Ages (5th – 15th century). This period saw a significant change in military weapons and tactics, with the introduction of gun powder, personal armor, and siege warfare.
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Was William the marshall a templar?
Marshall was made a member of the Knights templar on his deathbed, and was buried in Temple Church, london.
however, he was not a templar during the time he was actually active as a knight.
It could be considered that his taking the templar's vows was fulfilment of a request from Henry the Younger, that Marshall go on crusade on his behalf, whereby Marshal also gave a vow to the Templars to end his days with them, a vow which he kept 30 years later.
A Mott Flail mower is a mower that is pulled behind a tractor, propelled by a power take off shaft from the tractor itself. It has a cutting bar, that has numerous knives attached that are held out straight by centrifugal force. This imower is mostly used for fine lawn cutting. You see them mostly these days cutting the center of the highways. Mott was the first with the flail mower, only they were called The Hammer Knife Mower, As others copied the design, flail became the most common name for this type mower. Mott is currently owned by the Alamo group. As old as these mowers are getting, most parts are available from Alamo (http://www.alamo-industrial.com). Sharpening is a chore. as there are many knife sets to deal with, for example a 72 inch has approx 168 knives. Each set (two) are held in by a clevis pin along with a cotter pin. The heavy duty knives were held in with a self locking bolt and nut that clamped to a steel ring that held the knives. The Flail type mower is well adapted to tall grass. They are also good to use with any rocks or stumps as the knives will flex rather than bend or break when striking them. One that is kept up with greasing /maintenance and not letting it rust out, will last many, many years of use. The design of the knives or blades decide whether the mower is fine or rough cut.
What types of soldiers did Harold godwinson have?
Harold Godwinson had a variety of dark-age soldiers at his disposal, they include:
- Conscript peasant spearmen, mostly farmers given some training in spearfighting and taught the shield-wall and boar's snout formations.
- Archers, these were hunters with bows suited to hunting 'draw weights' (draw weights being comparable to modern daygun calibres) that could cause significant injuries, but were not specialist war weapons like those used by the Norman archers. The Anglo-Saxon archers likely used the same barbed arrows they hunted with.
- Huscarls, respected members of society with some status. Some in the form of sword/axe fighters with shields, trained in close combat (parries, strikes, ripostes, grapples, disarms, takedowns, etc) with chainmail armour and shields. The others in the form or chainmail armoured men wielding great axes, whichwere continually swung around the wielder to cause great havoc and give no space to opponents.
Siege mining is simply the process of moving as close to the walls of the castle as possible that was under siege and mining-(digging under the walls of the fortification). After a 'mine' was dug under the wall it was supported by wooden beams soaked in pitch,and then the remaining space was filled with brush and anything else that would burn and then set alight. When the support timbers were burned away this would cause the walls to collapse and allow the attackers to enter the castle or fortification. The miners were called sappers because the old term for combat/military mining was called 'sapping the walls'. Sappers are now called combat engineers.
What do you call someone that makes armor and weapons?
you call them an armorer or a blacksmith,blacksmiths are from the pioneer ages but i just call them smithers=] GUNSMITH
What is the difference between an Onager and a Catapult?
I always thought that an onager was a particularly large type of catapult
Why were catapults SO effective in wars?
Catapults were highly effective in wars due to their ability to launch projectiles over long distances, allowing armies to strike enemy fortifications and troops without direct confrontation. They could hurl large stones, incendiary materials, or even dead animals to spread disease, causing psychological and physical damage to the enemy. Additionally, catapults could breach walls and create openings for ground troops to follow, making them a crucial component of siege warfare. Their versatility and destructive capability made them a formidable tool on the battlefield.
Castle loop holes are narrow vertical slits in the castle wall that allowed bowmen to shoot arrows at the enemy while making it difficult for the enemy to shoot into the castle.
Why is a sword's frog called a frog?
As opposed to a sheath, a sword frog is simply a universal sheath equivalent for carrying most single-hand swords. Like a sheath, a sword frog attaches to the belt. Sword frogs are useful for those who use different swords, or do not have the time (or rarely, the money) for a custom made sheath.
The name itself probably comes from the size of the sword frog, being more the size of a toad as opposed to a full sized sheath. Also it is possible that from a distance some sword frogs may have looked like frogs from a distance originally.
How far could a cannon fire in the 14th century?
depends how big the cannon is...
a small hand-cannon, or hand-gonne of the late 14th C might have a range of only a few hundred metres, and an accurate range to hit a man-sized target of perhaps 40-50 metres at most.
the largest cannon, in the late 14th C, were capable of hurling large balls for 800-900m (1/2 a mile or more).
Note however that there is only a little known about development of firearms in the 14th C, with very few surviving peices, and most experimental archaeology has focused on the 15th C when the cannon was more developed and became an integral military weapon of its day.
by the early 15th C, the great bombard cannon for seiges had been developed to the point where they could fire 500kg balls of up to 50cm in diameter to a range of over 1,600 metres. (1 mile)
What type of weapon would the ladies use in medieval times?
Many women used the same weapons as men although often smaller, more concealable versions, knives being common.
Beyond this the biggest restriction on arms use for women was class.
If must also be pointed out that many regions and times banned the use of weapons by commoners, while others made it law to practice with them.
Where and when banned, weapons may be made from any items at hand such as eating implements or farm tools.
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A longbow should be the height of the archer himself.
Howd The Medieval People Set-up their army before starting war.?
That's dependant on each general's style and preferences, coupled with other factors such as the surrounding landscape, the experience level of their soldiers, what weapons were at their disposal, that types of warriors were at their disposal, what the enemy's army was like, what types of soldiers they had, how many there were, etc.
So there's no formula, but defense and offence were probably both equally taken into account, so they were set up to maximise both.
What is the difference between a war and a tournament?
Early tournaments were much less regulated, spreading over a large area of land, often with bands of knights working together in teams to ambush and capture opponents, for the honour of defeating them, and the large profits to be made by such capture.
by the later 14th and 15th C the field of tournament had become restricted to a single field, or "list", and sporting elements such as the joust were developed, with additions such as the tilting barrier, a fence between the riders to prevent the two horses colliding, the use of specially-made lance heads to minimise injury, and the baton, a wooden or whalebone sword to minimise injury.
Later on, jousting armour became incredibly heavy and thick to protect blows only coming from the one side, for maximum protection at the expense of mobilty - utterly impractical for real combat.
Warfare, in contrast, was simple, no holds-barred conflict not between individuals, but between nation states, with the intention to cause injury, death or harm which the tournament avoided.
Materials used in the medieval period to make a catapult?
Wood, iron, bolts, some netting for the sling. The catapult was a very good weapon in that it is a simple idea, easy to construct, mobile, and very offensively powerful.
When a kingdom was captured what happened to the king of that kingdom?
They would force him to give control to them or they would probably kill him.
What type of wood is the trebuchet made out of?
In the middle ages, they were made of English Oak(which is a very strong type of wood)but the throwing arm was made out of a more flexible wood like Douglas Fir.
Which type of wood is best to use for a crossbow?
Yew wood by far so the string will bend to release the arrow farther.
Hope this helps.:-)
Alternate answer:most crossbow arms were not made from wood, but in early crossbows from a complex laminate of horn and sinew. in the 15th century, this was replaced by a strong steel bow.
the body of the crossbow, called the stock, could be made from several timbers - oak, ash, beech, or yew were common. Many were decorated with inlaid panels of horn, ivory or other materials. Lastly, the trigger mechanism would be made from steel, or occasionally, bronze, and fixed into the stock body.
