Download Photo){kind=link}
){kind=link}
){kind=link}
){kind=link}
){kind=link}
Saxon freemen seem to have universally borne arms. Tacitus tells us of their German ancestors, that swords were rare among them, and the majority did not use lances, but that spears, with a narrow, sharp and short head, were the common and universal weapon, used either in distant or close fight; and that even the cavalry were satisfied with a shield and one of these spears.
- Author
- The Project Gutenberg eBook, Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages, by Edward Lewes Cutts
Published in 1911 - Posted on
- Saturday 2 May 2020
- Dimensions
- 462*675
- Tags
- Middle Ages, Shield, Soldiers, Spear
- Albums
- Visits
- 2503
- Downloads
- 69