Some interesting little medieval things
December 5th, 2009You probably know I have been working hard on a visual dictionary of medieval armor and weapons and that is a project that is going well. I am having fun and learning a lot of cool stuff. But, in my research I am also digging up all kinds of interesting medieval tid bits that don’t really fit into anything I am working on. They are however rather interesting so i thought I would share some of them with you.
Famous knights of yore had the tendency to name their swords:
- Roland (from The Song of Roland) named his sword ‘Durendal’ (Enduring)
- Charlemagne named his sword ‘joyeuse’ (Joyous)
- The Saracen Emir Baligant named his sword ‘Precieuse’ (Precious) Sounds very lord of the rings doesn’t it?
- Some other knight named swords were ‘Hauteclair’ (High-Bright) and ‘Murgleys’ (Death-Brand)
- Beowulf named his borrowed sword ‘Destroyer’
Ok now let’s test your knowledge of weapons and armor.
Do you know what Gonfalons are?
How about a Scramasax?
Ever heard of a Spangenhelm?
LOL, Some fun stuff isn’t it?
