[Bryn-gwlad] Armor

[Stefan li Rous]

An individual Norse is unlikely to have travelled to places as  
divergent at England and Russia and Byzantium. The Norse were not a  
uniform culture and if you look at the maps showing who went raiding/ 
trading where, you will see that those on the western coasts of  
Scandinavia were the ones who went to the British Isles and down into  
France, while the Norse of the eastern side of Scandinavia were the  
ones likely to travel to Byzantium by way of Russia.

I also agree with Martel though, that to a large extent the armor  
throughout Europe was very similar during this time period.

For an overview of the armor from that time period I would look at  
some of the "Men-at-Arms"? books. The thin paperbacks, 8 1/2 inches  
by 11? with the many color sketches in them.

Rather than look like the usual SCA fighter though in a hodge-podge  
of mis-matched armor from different cultures and times, I'd recommend  
picking something like the Norwegian Norse or more general Norse  
armor and work towards that.

I, or others, would be happy to teach you how to knit your own mail.  
It is time consuming, though.

Stefan

On Feb 23, 2008, at 4:08 PM, jan_downs at netzero.net wrote:
> www.armourarchive.org
>
> Search around there. If a 10th cent Viking had armour, it would  
> most likely have been a mail shirt, a conical helmet of spangen  
> construction and round sheild with a boss. An argument could be  
> made for a lamellar cuirass if our Viking had any contact with  
> Byzantium.
>
> Martel
>
> -- Jason Baiocchi <jpbaiocchi at live.com> wrote:
> In my spare time I have been trying to look for armour the would  
> suit my persona, which is a(successful) 10th century Viking Raider  
> from Norway. I figure that as a raider my character would naturally  
> travelled all around the face Europe and picked up some souvenir  
> armour from various cultures amongst the expeditions. I would like  
> to know where I could find good examples of the amour dress worn by  
> other peoples from the same time era. (Such as Byzantine, English,  
> French, Kievan Rus, Arabic, etc...)
>
> HÃ¥kon inn havi
>

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