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Title: Watch what you're doing, you could have somebody's eye out with that
Post by: Erpingham on July 11, 2017, 10:42:21 AM

An interesting piece on the occupational perils of the man-at-arms, courtesy of medievalist.net :

'Heads, shoulders, knees and toes: Injury and death in Anglo-Scottish combat, c.1296-c.1403' (https://www.academia.edu/13696699/Heads_shoulders_knees_and_toes_Injury_and_death_in_Anglo-Scottish_combat_c.1296-c.1403)

Oddly, it doesn't mention the one obvious archaeological example (http://www.ancient-origins.net/history/unlocking-identity-stirling-knight-006851), from Stirling castle .

Title: Re: Watch what you're doing, you could have somebody's eye out with that
Post by: Imperial Dave on July 11, 2017, 03:53:45 PM

pretty gruesome reading especially on the 'ability' of warriors to fight on even when severely/mortally wounded

Title: Re: Watch what you're doing, you could have somebody's eye out with that
Post by: Erpingham on July 11, 2017, 04:50:18 PM

Yes, the article balances that "Come here, you coward, and I'll bite your leg off "aspect with the fact that, quite clearly, you could get seriously cut up, quite well.

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