The study also discusses the role of swords in Medieval European society, their association with authority and chivalry, and the romantic perceptions concerning Crusader swords. Al-Sarraf S. 2002.
All of the men’s graves contained larger weapons, like spears and shields ... Sayer tells Newsweek’s Flynn Nicholls. An early medieval bucket atop one of the graves Duncan Sayer Hoping ...
the umbrella of HEMA includes weapons from any time in the last 1,000 years. “It could mean anything from Viking-era spear and shield to medieval longsword or sword and buckler to rapier and dag ...