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		8th January 2013, 05:45 PM
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				Not wanting to belittel the work of the... 
				 
				Not wanting to belittel the work of the reenactors (I am one myself, and a western martial artist, as well as being an acadmeic, and I appreciate the insights that they can offer) but, as far as...
			 
		 
		
		
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		7th January 2013, 06:29 PM
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				Last use of the term Seax? 
				 
				Just to throw this out there for consideration.  Does anyone have any evidence for the use of the word seax dying out of use in England in the middle ages?
			 
		 
		
		
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		18th December 2012, 10:44 AM
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				Randall Moffett's paper 'Military Equipment in... 
				 
				Randall Moffett's paper 'Military Equipment in the Town of Southampton During the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries' in the Jounral of medieval Military History, volume 9 (2011) refers to Liebel's...
			 
		 
		
		
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		26th November 2012, 08:12 PM
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				Glaive 123 -   
  
thank you for your comments. ... 
				 
				Glaive 123 -   
  
thank you for your comments.  I am sure you are onto somehting with the one and two foot crossbow.  
  
I have to ask, however, where you got your infomration about the crossbows being...
			 
		 
		
		
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		20th October 2012, 10:51 PM
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			Forum: European Armoury
		
		 
		20th October 2012, 10:49 PM
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				J.G. Elmslie - it's the cultural element that... 
				 
				J.G. Elmslie - it's the cultural element that fascinates me; the socio-cultural symbolism of the falchion and messer (it's appearance in art and literature) suggest to me that it had a particular...
			 
		 
		
		
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		11th October 2012, 02:37 PM
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				Thanks Fernando.  
  
I was going back over the... 
				 
				Thanks Fernando.  
  
I was going back over the thread and I see that J.G.Elmslie had already suggested a link between these blade forms.  i am sure that he is right.  I would also look at the hunting...
			 
		 
		
		
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		11th October 2012, 10:54 AM
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