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What is the attitude towards medieval battlefields? |
• They provide material by-products of human conflict. • Metal detectorists stole and sold dog tags from WWII, preventing identification. • There is no national law protecting battlefields. •It provides evidence for ferocity of battles, sex, age, health status and mutilation of soldiers. |
Metal detector, by-products of human conflict, no national law protecting battlefields, evidence for ferocity of battles etc. |
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What is the first example of metal detecting being used? |
To examine the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn. |
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What do manuscript illustrations tell us? |
About weaponry/armour changes through time I.e. David and Goliath in the Winchester Bible has contemporary Norman armour. Art historical sources include: wall paintings, metalwork and seals I.e. Waleran de Beaumont. |
Changes |
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Information about swords and armour? |
They are unrepresentative And high-status, found in museums. More accurate are swords from the River Thames. Development of swords is not linear. There are religious inscriptions on the side of them I.e. BOAC sword 11-12th century - chain mail, replaced in the 13th century by plate mail. I.e. Visby, Sweden. But arc can sometimes be misleading I.e. Pontefract Castle armour was too old to be valid but was considered. Arrowheads: tanged (attached at base), hunting (large, barbed), multi-purpose and military (long-thin) I.e. Bodkin arrows to pierce armour. |
Swords, armour and arrowheads. |
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What about battlefields? |
Rare, sieges are more likely and relies on chroniclers. I.e. Asser There are 31 confirmed battlefields. I.e. England’s 1st Civil War 1135-53 ‘The Anarchy’. Trebuchets are rare, warfare is psychological Sieges i.e. Hampstead Marshall ‘viewshed’ and built before the eyes of the enemy. 100 sieges recorded. Battle of Stamford Bridge (housing built over it). Bosworth Field (bosworth Boar, 10m transects, lead shots). Richard III skull. Towton 1461 mass grave (28k deaths, 43 individuals, all trauma mapped on a single skull). Evidence is used to reconstruct topography and how artefacts were used using metal detectors I.e. Battle of Northampton oldest cannonball. |
Towton, bosworth, psychological, siege The Anarchy |
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How can we understand medieval artefacts? |
•Using the PAS, museums, excavated sites. • PAS has over 1.3million finds. •2999 early medieval items, 17189 later medieval objects. •Mostly found in pastoral areas and it depends on the metal detectorists honesty. I.e. Large religious cross |
PAS, 2999 and 17189, areas found. |
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What methods of training did knights utilise to be deemed fit for service? |
• They performed jousting, although there was a risk of death or serious injury involved. •They would also do chess games to sharpen their tactical skills, which were seen as one of the knightly accomplishments. Later chess was used by men and women to flirt, and therefore was banned by the church until they grew lax in 1200. |
Jousting, chess. Banned until lax in 1200 |
