Who’s your favorite medieval warrior and what’s your favorite battle tactic from Middle Ages? And why?
Image Credit: Matthieu de Clermont défend Ptolémaïs en 1291, by Dominique Papety (1815–49).
u/Mindless_Belt4757 — 5 hours ago
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Whats the significant or triggering event that keeps spinning in your head from Hundred Years Wars?
What do you think?
u/Mindless_Belt4757 — 1 day ago
Saxon Cross, St George's, Wolverhampton, best preserved cross base in early Middle Ages.
u/Over-Willingness-933 — 20 hours ago
How accurate is this map and what do we know about this emigration waves and types?
And why Angles becomes more succesful at all?
u/Mindless_Belt4757 — 1 day ago
Newest Medieval Longsword
Thankfully got this medieval wedding sword finished up! I’m really excited with how things turned out; this sword was directly inspired by the Hearth Keeper sword I made previously, but with a little different aesthetic/vibe that the client and I agreed upon!
The blade is forged from 5160 spring steel; I ended up making 3 blades for this project, as the first two I ran into some issues along the way. The hilt is made from steel, purple leather, and fine silver ferrules/coins in the pommel! :D
The scabbard is also purple leather wrapped around a felt-lined wood core. :)
Thanks for checking this one out! 🙏
u/Careless_Cow_9475 — 3 days ago
Does anyone have reference images of what a doublet would have looked like during the Portuguese renaissance?
so I am a cosplayer, I’ve decided I’m doing a historically accurate Astarion cosplay and my research led me to believe that he was both alive during the renaissance and lived near portugal.
u/Mia180acnh — 3 days ago
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Voice Changer In Armor // How would it work?
I'm currently working on a medieval dark/high fantasy story but since I'm not very familiar with everything historically accurate that comes with the genre I was wondering about this particular detail. My main character is a knight but also a woman (within my story, this is an exceedingly unheard of concept) and I wanted to implement a sort of voice changer into her armor to disguise her voice and make her sound more intimidating. Think like 'medieval Darth Vader' basically.
I was wondering what would be the most historically accurate way to portray this kind of technology or if this kind of thing was even possible back then? Would it be possible to imbed the device into the armor, or would it be something she wore over her mouth? If so, would the armor have to be modified in a certain way to make room for the device?
Maybe this is the wrong place to ask for this kind of advice, especially considering it's more fantasy than historical, but any help would be greatly appreciated. 🙏
u/StrawberryShibaBoi — 1 day ago
Castle House, Leicester, UK (built 15th century home to travelling judges for Crown Court)
The church next door is St Mary De Castro, build in 1100s and 1300s.
u/Over-Willingness-933 — 4 days ago
What do you think of this display in a public medieval fair ?
Trigger warning: hanging fake body
For context this is a public medieval fair in London and I have never seen this kind of display at a medieval fair. It feels uncomfortable - unnecessary - and disturbing. Especially given that small children will be coming. I understand it is what happened in medieval times and was normal then but with nowadays context with genocide - lynching and even suicide - this is actually still a reality. I can’t help but think of these things when seeing this and am sure other people would react the same. I was wondering what does everyone think?
u/_artfilm_ — 6 days ago
what is this style of armour called?
the style with the gold inlays wearing the plaque belt
u/buildaboat_ — 5 days ago
Greatest medieval battle scene ever put on screen
This is a scene from an old Czech movie called Proti Vsem depicting the Battle of Vitkov Hill in 1420, and it’s easily the best depiction of medieval warfare I have ever seen in a film. This absolutely blew my mind because as such a medieval war buff to see something like this when time and time again Hollywood just doesn’t understand medieval warfare this scene is such a massive breath of fresh air. Could not recommend this enough.
u/Dry_Jellyfish_8150 — 6 days ago
Some illustrations I’ve made for an Arthurian story I’m working on
u/Sabretooth1100 — 6 days ago
Stainned-glass window of Temple Balsall.
This is one of my favorite images of stained-glass windows. At first, I was confused by the image of a Templar knight on the left and the inscription below it, which read "Thomas Docwra." However, Docwra was the Grand Prior of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England, not a Templar. I even contacted restoration experts to help me understand this issue. Fortunately, the solution was simpler than I had anticipated. The inscriptions below the images of knights and saints do not correspond to the names of the knights and saints depicted above. I fondly remember this amusing episode, which brought me even closer to this image.
u/HeftyHealth8879 — 5 days ago
Purple-Handled Medieval Longsword ⚔️
A closer look at a longsword I’ve been working on :D
u/Careless_Cow_9475 — 8 days ago
Any reliable source (article, books, doc.) suggestions on Albigensian Crusade?
Image Credit: Medieval World, Issue 12.
u/Mindless_Belt4757 — 6 days ago
Seeing this on the battlefield would be terrifying.
u/buildaboat_ — 9 days ago