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Englis Archer at the Battle of Poitiers
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2000 7:27 am
by Vladimir
How would one create an SCA legal rig for an archer who fought at the Battle of Poitiers?
When was that anyway? Mid 1300's?
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2000 8:44 am
by Wulfgar Widfarend
COP under a period tunic with concealed leg/knee armor, topped off with leather elbows and demigauntlets?
If you were early period I could help, but not I know of later period England.
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At the door of the hall, Wulfgar duly delivered the message: "My lord, the conqering king of the Danes, bids me announce that he knows your ancestry; also that he welcomes you here to Heorot and salutes your arrival from across the sea.
[br]-Beowulf, lines 388-94
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2000 11:46 am
by Thorgrim
Poitiers was fought in September 1356.
This harness will be a challenge to do well, but I believe it can be done.
The typical archer's defense would be an aketon or gambeson which may be knee-length or shorter, worn either over or under a mail hauberk in some cases; an open-faced bascinet, with a cloth or mail aventail; and a bracer for the left forearm. Arm defenses and body protection could be hidden under the gambeson.
I've yet to find evidence of leg defenses. Perhaps a very close-fitting wingless poleyn could be hidden under some bulky hosen without looking too odd.
Good luck! Please let us know how it goes.
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