Evolution of Arming Swords during the High Middle Ages
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- In this video I’m going to discuss the evolution of the single-handed arming sword during the High Middle Ages (1000 to 1300 AD)
Armor improved during the High Middle Ages, and improvements in armor lead to changes in sword design to defeat that armor.
In this video I’ll trace the course of those changes.
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When you look at your CZcams stats and see how many people watched the video the whole way through, im part of that stat. Another thumbs up.
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So glad your doing sword videos again!
It would be great to see a video covering swords and sabers of the American Civil War.
Maybe in the future.
This is great! Good to see you looking at earlier history👍🏻
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Once again your seemingly endless knowledge of weaponry has produced another great video! Happy belated birthday!
Thanks! And thanks for the birthday wishes.
Old Firearms and Swords.. this channel is awesome.
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i find you from videos on western revolvers and now i find out you know medieval history too
what a chad
I have a lot of different interests.
The history of swords or guns - all good. Thanks Mike
Glad you like it!
Funny, I didn't notice the wind till you mentioned it. Great vid.
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Thank you Sir Michael for the educational video.
This is the first sword video of yours i have seen.
Thanks! I hope you enjoyed it.
Great video! I learned a lot about middle age swords.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Really interesting, thanks Mike.
I cannot wait to start on my sword build. This video gave me so much great information. Thank you for sharing
Thanks Mike. Another great video. You are a guy but also a history guy. I'm a history and gun enthusiasts. If you think about the history of weapons pretty much tells history in general. By telling one you also tell the other. That's why I love your channel. Not to mention it comes across that you are a really great guy. If I had another go around in this life I would have liked to have known you personally. Please keep doing what you do.
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Thanks for providing such an interesting history of the arming sword. I've been looking for a reasonable representation for a while now and you may have helped out in that regard.
Love all ur content !
Thank ou!
Great video! Very informed and well researched. 😉
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Mike it seems whatever you do, you do well. So, No I do not mind the sword video here and there. History is interesting, whichever period. I lean toward Flintlocks, some BP cartridges, Lever actions, but thats me. I get into your build videos as well. As long as I have the time to actually watch, no distractions. I guess I enjoy your work, thank you sir
Thanks!
Maybe he can do a video on medieval BP weapons.
Great content as usual. Also, happy belated birthday
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
Great video, wind noise was not an issue at all for me. Fascinating to watch and listen to. I hope there are many more of these videos to come. Great job!
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Yet another very interesting video.
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Look forward to seeing more
I'll do more, but they will only be occasional. I actually lose subscribers every time I release a sword video. I like doing them, but, if I go overboard, I won't have a channel left.
I really like all of your videos nice job sir !!!
I appreciate it.
Touché, Sir Mike. Another great history lesson.
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There's a quiz after this. Great history.
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very cool! thank you!!
Glad you liked it.
I'm a gun guy and a sword guy. I love it all.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
The wind didn't really bother your sound, came in fine. The kite shield seems unwieldy take a lot of practice to use it
with finess
I am both, a sword, and gun guy. So I enjoyed the video, wind didn't mess with it at all. :) Keep up the good vids man.
Please don't apologize for wind or any other weather conditions.
OK. I won't
@@duelist1954 your middle ages theme videos are excellent.
You're awesome Mike
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I love history. This is a great video.
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I know it’s not your favorite period but I’d like to see a video on swords versus plate armour.
Fascinating.
I'm glad you liked it.
Wow, you continue to amaze with your knowledge of weapons which preceded firearms. I had never had an interest in swords/blades but now I do. You do make a comment including “when I use my sword”. What activity leads you to use one of your swords? I would be interested in more “warfare” tactics and weapons of the crusades.
I think he practices cutting targets, like tatami or rolled paper targets, and/or a pell.
Very cool
More swords and History, Please!
I'll do more, but they will only be occasional. I actually lose subscribers every time I release a sword video. I like doing them, but, if I go overboard, I won't have a channel left.
@@duelist1954 Understood. A shame, but it is what it is.
Good Video
Thank you.
Nice! I like Swords because someday we'll run out of ammo.
Someday? The last couple of years running out has been easy...LOL
I'm not a sword guy but I do enjoy these videos very much. Thanks Mike!
Thanks!
Very interesting.
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Oakshott biold up his typology on medieval swords based on the existing typology on viking age swords made by Jan Petersen.
The oakshott type 10 (Petersen types went up to type 9) basically is the transition from the viking age sword to the high medieval type.
Btw... A type x blade is still nimble enough to fence with.
I'm not a sword guy but I am a history buff. I'd watch more sword, knife, etc. content.
Thanks for watching
Great video, makes me want to collect swords now, the wife ain't happy!!!!!!
Another great video Mike, I like the history and evolution of swords. Can you tell I am a history buff
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. I love history too.
Liked !
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Nice video! Id like to learn about pikes.
👍 liked it
Spending my early adulthood on horseback as much as possible, I was often asked why we were suppose to mount horses from the left all the time. I had heard people say that it was because the horse didn't like people mounting from the right, or the horse would bolt, or kick if you tried to mount from the right, and of course all of that was untrue as horses didn't give a "horses pa-toot" as to which side you mounted from.
The reason we made a tradition of mounting our horses from the left was simply because of these swords you tell us about today. It was so much easier to mount from the left, then it would have been to throw that huge sword over the horses back or tangle you leg into the sword as it failed to go across the saddle as you tried to swing your right leg over. So I have done my part in dispelling a myth about horses and swords. I still wonder how many horses of this era went around with only one ear though. But thats for another video. Thanks Mike.
Wade, that was an excellent nugget of information. Thanks for sharing!
@@duelist1954 My honor and privlege Sir Mike.
Outstanding! Will this series continue to the time of the longbow?
I really aven't given it that much thought...we'll see.
I didn't really care too much about the sword middle age times, but i did learn a few things. Cap and ball revolvers look like atomic weapons compared to those days.😁
Thanks for watching, even if it wasn't your main interest. I hope you enjoyed it.
Well done. Enjoyed this immensely. Too bad you are not thrilled with the swords of the plate armor period, I'm sure you would do a great job with it. Or perhaps you could recommend resources for the swords of that period. Great video, thanks.
Thanks! Lots of guys prefer that period. Scholagladiatoria and Tod's Workshop, and Modern History are CZcams Channels with later Middle Ages Content.
I'm glad you set the record straight on the High Middle Ages. At least in the Late Middle Ages, you rarely wake up in a pool of your own vomit.
And you tend to recognize the children running around the house. But you do slow down on your artwork.
Things I hope I never hear on WGAL: "Man named Mike loses big toe during youtube filming" Be careful my friend. I would rather that it be Mike Argento.
OK here’s one for you to do: Long Bow vs handgonne vs crossbow.
Will you do Texas ranger guns up till the modern day? Have you ever seen Lone Wolf’ no trigger guard 1911? He also had the grip safety ties down and thumb safety pinned down, many rangers of that time had the same “customizations” done to there service pistols! I’d love to hear you talk about them
Thanks for all the great videos love your work! I’ve always been a huge fan since I was a boy of your work, God bless and keep your powder dry!
YESSSSSS
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
LMAO at the "dead cat" comment well played
I liked it very much!...thanks Mike!...woods
Thanks!
Well, Scholagladiatoria and Skallagrim do occasionally talk about firearms...
I have a copy of 1960 print of Oakeshott. Thank you so much not speaking of chain mail but naming it correctly mail! Save for one or two mistakes you made :)
Great video my friend, the sound was fine. The middle ages are fascinating. So the shorter Gladius didn't survive the fall of Rome?
No, but the longer Spatha did
When will you do a a collaboration with Matt Easton? Maybe a Revolutionary War UK vs. US weapons video?
We have discussed it, and I am working on an idea...he has an idea as well.
I love your Sword Video''s I like the Last one you show here . thank you mike. Also what is your Take on Goex? Dustin Said there going out of Busness. thank you for teaching us simple Sap's Joe Security.
It looks like Dupont is buying Goex from Hodgedon.
@@duelist1954 that is very good news thank you Mike for replying
First I heard of that. Good news.
@@tomcurran1538 im gladd we are keeping a powder manufacturer in the United States
Time for Medieval History 101. I love this class!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy it>
Id love to see you and Shadiversity pair up and do a video. Lol kind of his bellowick.
He is more fantasy oriented, and I'm more history oriented.
@@duelist1954 Shad does do a lot of fantasy-inspired videos and historical what-ifs, but some of his videos are about straight history stuff. His videos on machicolations, castles, and "underappreciated historical weapons" come to mind.
@@duelist1954 true, but he does kinda live in medieval Europe. His historical videos ive seen express that
There could be a movie about William Marshall and script writers would not have to embellish it at all.
I'd love to see that move!
Somebody call Shadiversity, Lindybeige, Metatron, and Skalagrim. Lol Next those guys have to do the guns of the Old West lol
LOL
Do you think you will be getting around to the Rapier sword, that's my personal favorite.
eventually, but I like backswords better.
Brian Boru ended the viking age in 1014 at Clontarf.
I am surprised you did not mention the Cawood and Korsoygaden swords (type 10 blade with curved cross guard and an 5 lobed pommel), as they are considered, by some to be transitional between migration period swords and medieval swords.
I was basically talking about High Medieval swords. There are a lot of Early Medieval swords I could have discussed, but that really wasn’t the topic. I just wanted to give them a tip of the hat, and move to my main subject.
@@duelist1954 However you did start the discussion with migration era swords. I think those two swords demonstrate how High medieval swords developed from the Migration era swords, instead of jumping from Migration swords to fully formed Medieval swords.
I would like to inquire upon the man who made your custom hilt sword.
Don't forget the crusades
Mrs. B sees UPS truck leaving their driveway.
Mrs. B: Honey, did you buy another gun today?
Sir Michael: No dear, I didn't buy a new gun today.
( Sir Michael holds his new Sword above his head )
Sir Michael: I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!
Boooommmm!!!!!!
Mrs. B: Honey did you put the windows up on the car? It sounds like rain.
LOL!
The question comes to my mind did they have an assault weapons ban or even a ban on felons having body armor.. LOL.
I think you will find that in times of peace, one’s status decided how you could be armed in public
As armor got heavier and more covering, swords either became longer and heavier with less of an edge. Or you used a mace, axe, or hammer. Yes I too collect swords and study medieval history. Oh and your standard spear-men/levy could make his own armor. Often made from Leather, which was easy to come by. And I'm not talking garment weight leather. I am talking armor grade, at least 1/4 of an inch thick. I work with that stuff all the time. Making bracers, I am in the process of making a reinforced leather gamberson, using brass plates. Something else the average person would have had access too.
Everyone needs at least one good sword in there house.
Agreed!
There are several CZcams videos on CZcams on making swords, knives and other such things, many are by a blacksmith that is known as The Path of Fire. One example is a 22 minute video on making a king's sword at czcams.com/video/PjAfvTFuHAo/video.html. After the end of the video links will appear to other Path of Fire blacksmithing videos, or you can type The Path of Fire in CZcams's search line. Regardless if you like swords or not, I'm sure you will find these blacksmithing videos to be eye opening.
why are the 1200s your favorite
The English history... The Anarchy, King Henry II reign, Richard the Lion Heart, The Third Crusade,. The 12th Century Renaissance. Cathedrals, Universities, The growth of trade, the flowering of the troubadour culture and Chivalry...lots of good stuff.
The ar 15 of the times
What type of sword was Excalibur? I know that the story of King Arthur is just a legend but I was wondering.
For that time period, it would most likely be a Roman spatha.
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I'll do more, but they will only be occasional. I actually lose subscribers every time I release a sword video. I like doing them, but, if I go overboard, I won't have a channel left.
A company called ALBION makes the REAL THINGS when it comes to swords.
Im sure the Vikings had armor. At least thick cloth armor, good enough to protect from slashes.
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Did Europeans take swords into the frontier? Did they use English bows??
Whut frontier ? If American the Spanish certainly did and I am sure Drake and Raleigh had both on board. I’m sure the French did. but it was not long until the reliance on firearms became universal.
Not a sword guy but if you talk about them I will listen
Thanks!
Hm. Wonder what #shadiversity has to say about this?
Nobody cares what he has to say!
I don't think he'd be interested. He is more into fantasy...I'm more into history.