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	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Viking Age arms and armour"
		Our knowledge about arms and armour of the Viking age (8th to 11th centuries Europe) is based on relatively sparse archaeological finds, pictorial representation, and to some extent on the accounts in the Norse sagas and Norse laws recorded in the 13th century.
		The wealthiest Vikings would have worn a sword in addition to his primary arms and have had access to body armour, such as a helmet and a maille hauberk.
		The Viking helmet was made of iron and was in the shape of a rounded or peaked cap made from four plates after the spangenhelm pattern.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=viking_%41ge_arms_and_armour (996 words)

	viking age arms and armour - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Our knowledge about arms and armour of the Viking age (8th to 11th centuries Europe) is based on relatively sparse archaeological finds, pictorial representation, and to some extent on the accounts in the icelandic sagas, recorded in the 13th century.
		The viking sword was for single-handed use to be combined with a shield, with a blade length of typically 80–90 cm.
		The viking shield was typically round, with a diameter of ca.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/viking-age-arms-and-armour (437 words)

	Viking - ExampleProblems.com
		The name Viking is a borrowed word from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the British Isles, and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century.
		Viking magic was prevalent in Norse culture as it was practiced by diviners, also known as rune masters, magicians, and berserkers (magical warriors).
		Geographically, a "Viking Age" may be assigned not only to the Scandinavian lands (modern Denmark, and southern Norway and Sweden), but also to territories under North Germanic dominance, mainly the Danelaw, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Ireland.
	www.exampleproblems.com /wiki/index.php?title=Viking&redirect=no (3916 words)

	Viking at AllExperts
		The term Viking, though used to denote ship-borne explorers, traders and warriors, is actually a verb describing the acts of the Norsemen who originated in Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century.
		Viking voyages grew less frequent with the introduction of Christianity to Scandinavia in the late 10th and 11th century.
		Viking navigators also opened the road to new lands to the north and to the west, resulting in the colonization of Shetland, Orkney, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and even an expedition to, and a short-lived settlement in, Newfoundland circa 1000.
	en.allexperts.com /e/v/vi/viking.htm (3871 words)

	VMP - Books on Arms & Armour
		Arms and armour in Europe are the principal focus of the studies, but those of neighbouring civilisations, including the Byzantine Empire, eastern Europe, the steppes and the Islamic world, are also investigated, both for the impact upon them of European technological developments, and for their influence upon developments within western Europe.
		Armour from the Battle of Wisby is perhaps the most important work on arms and armour ever to be published pertaining to the 14th century.
		The core of the book, however, is the middle ages: a general survey of the institution of chivalry, an understanding of which is vital to the appreciation of all the arms of the high middle ages, is followed by a classification covering all sword types from about 1050 to 1500.
	www.aemma.org /vmp/books/armsArmour.htm (1830 words)

	Arms and Armour of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At the battle of Maldon in 991 the Eorl led his men into battle armed with spear and shield; it was only after he had killed two men with his spears that he drew his sword to engage a third man. There were several types of spear.
		It is possible that against armour the heavy weight of the blade was used to break bones and crush internal organs.
		The term chainmail was invented by the Victorians, and before this linked armour was always referred to as mail or maille.) The mail of the period was made by cutting thin strips of iron from a piece of sheet, or drawing iron wire through a draw-plate, and winding this around a cylindrical former.
	mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr /link/med/war/weapon/weapon/weapons.htm (3210 words)

	myArmoury.com: Arms, Armour, and Fine Arts
		Arms were always a part of man's search to embellish his world and to shape his surroundings according to a particular style.
		For the German-speaking painter of the early sixteenth century, on the other hand, the association between princely grandeur and arms and armour was taken almost as a matter of course.
		Historians no longer hesitate to approach the subject of arms and armour, for their history is now valued as being integral to that of both art and culture.
	www.myarmoury.com /feature_armsarts.html (4127 words)

	Regia Anglorum - Arms and Armour of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age - Spear
		At the battle of Maldon in 991 the Eorl led his men into battle armed with his 'spear and shield'; it was only after he had killed two men with his spears that he then drew his sword to engage a third man.
		The spear was retained for as long as possible in a battle and it is probably for this reason that the armoured fighting glove was apparently considered a waste of time, if it was considered at all.
		Spears were generally used in an over arm technique, (this can be seen in period manuscripts), which meant the prime targets were the face (particularly the eyes, the weakest part of the skull, the throat and upper chest; there being little sense in embedding the blade too permanently in your opponents shield.
	www.regia.org /spear.htm (1097 words)

	The Viking Horned Helmet: Myth or Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When Vikings are illustrated in armour by their contemporaries, those who wear helmets (and usually only the chieftains had armour) are almost invariably shown wearing a simple conical helmet (figure 11).
		Shetelig and Falk (17) state that a hood could be placed over the helmet to hide either the presence of the war-mark, the presence of the highly decorated helmet of a chieftain, or simply the presence of the helmet itself.
		(The mere wearing of armour often had the connotation that the wearer was about to cause grief for someone.) The use of horns as identification for chieftains could lead to difficulties when a hood was to be worn for purposes of disguise (figure 12).
	www.tirbriste.org /dmir/ArmsArmor/01/0101/0101.html (1811 words)

	health Viking_Age_arms_and_armour - health-notes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Helmets from the Viking Age are very rare - only one example is known to exist.
		This Viking helmet was made of iron and was in the shape of a rounded or peaked cap made from four plates after the spangenhelm pattern, and was excavated from Gjermundbu, Norway, and dated to the 10th century.
		Scandinavian Viking age burial customs seems to not favor burial with helmet or mail armour, in contrast to earlier extensive armour burials in Swedish ValsgÃ¤rde.
	www.health-notes.com /Viking_Age_arms_and_armour (733 words)

	Definition of ring armour
		Armour has been primarily a way to protect oneself from...
		3:...xplosive reactive armour (ERA)''', is a type of [[armour]] used primarily on [[tank]]s to lessen the damag...
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	Technology and the Advancement of Medieval Arms and Armour
		The development of arms and armour in the middle ages is a subject that is overlooked by many individuals.
		Armour development increased and advanced due to refinements in metallurgy, new technologies, and the arms race where fighters wanted the best weapon to penetrate the latest armour, and the best armour to protect against the latest weapon.
		Arms, armour, and metallurgy have each progressed in direct relation to the others, with no one being independent or isolated.
	filebox.vt.edu /users/jselmer/technology_article.htm (3915 words)

	Lord of the Rings Movies Information \| TheOneRing.net™ \| News Archives
		As a result, the armour and weapons of Middle Earth are quite similar to those used when Beowulf and the Norse epics were written: The Dark Ages (part of which is often called the Viking Age).
		One of the few references that comes somewhat close to mentioning plate body armour is the corselet of overlapping bronze plates worn by the Haradrim warrior who dies in front of Sam in Ithilien.
		He is armed with a polearm having a curved blade and a ribbed, curved grip.
	www.theonering.net /perl/newsview/8/975363464 (2674 words)

	Hurstwic: Viking Age Arms and Armor
		This limited knowledge is due to the limited sources we have available for the study of Viking age weapons and their use.
		Viking age helmets were simple: a bowl, a prominent nose guard, and no horns...
		The sax is a short, single-edged sword, used primarily in the early part of the Viking age...
	www.hurstwic.org /history/articles/manufacturing/text/arms.htm (240 words)

	Viking Arms and Battle Armour
		Viking Arms and Battle Armour : April 16th, 2006, 07:20 PM
		The main weapons were the spear and the sword, and sometimes the battle-axe.
		Vikings were the only warriors during medival times to use a battle axe.
	forums.canadiancontent.net /history/45784-viking-arms-battle-armour.html (518 words)

	Vikings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Later on, the term viking became synonymous with "naval expion, raid", and a vikingr was a member of such expions.
		The most famous "Viking settlement", Jomsborg, is today regarded as legendary by historians; it was probably nothing more than a village of Slavic pirates.
		The Vikings in England even had a particular reputation of excessive cleanliness, due to their custom of bathing once a week (as opposed to the local Anglo-Saxons).
	www.writen4u.com /public/Vikings.asp (2686 words)

	Regia Anglorum - Arms and Armour of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age - Helmets
		Regia Anglorum - Arms and Armour of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age - Helmets
		Helmets were made in a variety of ways and from several materials, with the single objective of deflecting or completely withstanding a blow from a sword.
		Padded arming caps would be probably worn under the coif and may also have been worn on their own.
	www.regia.org /helmet.htm (1136 words)

	Knife Web Guide - Swords and Armour
		We are recognised as carrying the largest variety of Fine Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria in the U.K. With in excess of 4,000 stock items, all of which are catalogued and available for you to view...
		Pursuing the study of European arms and armour and fighting skills....
		Specializing in European Dark and Middle Ages swords and other edged weapons, with a particular focus on the swords of the Viking Age.
	www.cutlerscove.com /links/swordsandarmour.html (3771 words)

	Viking Answer Lady Webpage - Viking Arms and Armor
		This reconstruction is based mainly on lamellar armor from the Battle of Visby, after the end of the Viking Age, but the lamellae are similar to the one found at Birka that is of Viking Age origin.
		(The Norwegian Viking Swords: A typological and chronological examination of Viking Age weapons).
		The swords are considered based mostly on the shape and decoration of the pommels, hilts and handles, while other aspects, such as length, balance and weight of the blade, are touched upon lightly or not at all.
	www.vikinganswerlady.com /armor.shtml (1375 words)

	Mediaeval Sword - Museums
		University Archeological Museum) in Oslo has outstanding displays of Viking Age swords as well as other artifacts, and what is on display represents only a fraction of their extensive holdings of materials recovered from throughout Norway.
		Most of the non arms and armor portions of his metalworking collection have been deaccessioned, but the arms and armour have been preserved and added to.
		Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City possesses a very nice Viking sword (pictured in the mostly color guide to the permanent collection; the medieval swords are not in color) and several exceptional medieval swords within an extensive collection of international scope.
	vikingsword.com /museum.html (1514 words)

	Scandinavian Shop > Viking > History - Scandinavica.com
		From their origins in the Iron Age to the Norman Conquest, the life and culture of the Vikings is thoroughly traced in this stunning new volume.
		Clues provided by archaeology, runes, art and literature come to illuminate aspects of the lives of women in the Viking age -on the farms and in the trading centres of Scandinavia, abroad on Viking expeditions, and as settlers in the Viking colonies from Greenland to Russia.
		The author, Ian Peirce, armourer and weaponsmith, has staged major exhibitions of armour and weapons in England, France and Ireland, and written and lectured extensively on arms and armour, on the Norman Conquest and on the Vikings.
	www.scandinavica.com /shop/viking/history.htm (893 words)

	The Iaurond Room - The Arms and Armour of Ancanar
		Ok, I've loved masked helmets from an early age; the biggest reason being Tolkien's description of the Dwarves of the First Age (in the Blue Mountains at least) using hideous masked helmets to protect them in Battle, at their Forges, and to frighten their enemies.
		I have no doubt that he does not mean the later term of a "knight in shining armour" kind of visor (due to a large amount of evidence against it), and because quite simply the word visor is an archaic word for "mask" and Tolkien of course would've known that).
		The tale of Finlome weaving his mail is rooted in reality: when I was making Finlome's Arms and Armour, things were on a tight schedule; I had to complete everything in time to make the shooting schedule, while still working on regular orders.
	www.ancanar.com /cgi-bin/bb/YaBB.cgi?board=armour;action=display;num=1086291854;start=60 (2030 words)

	Dragon*Con Biography: [Hank Reinhardt]
		Hank has been interested in arms and armor since he was around 7 years old, becoming a serious student by the age of 18.
		Hank has written several articles on edged weapons and is currently writing a book on the use of the sword in the Viking Age.
		Hank is Director of Museum Replicas Limited, a mail-order company dealing in authentic reproductions of arms and armour.
	www.dragoncon.org /people/reinhah.html (215 words)

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	Regia Anglorum - Arms and Armour of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age - Mail Armour
		It is possible that a few kings and greater nobleman may have worn some form of greaves; a sensible defence as the legs were unguarded by the earlier round shields and contemporary accounts often mention men having their legs chopped off.
		Note the straps to help keep them in place, and to ensure that there is plenty of slack at the knee; (right) A ventail in use on the right and a coif or hood on the Knight on the left.
		There is a certain amount of doubt that the coif was in use at this date, and the Bayeux Tapestry doesn't corroborate this either way.
	www.regia.org /Mail.htm (1101 words)

	vikings.htm
		Viking Warriors : The history of the Norsemen.
		Viking Voyager 1000 : Follow the expedition of the Snorri on its travel around the world.
		Viking Women Some very basic information on the everyday life of Viking Women, from the Viking Network.
	www.fidnet.com /~weid/vikings.htm (256 words)

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