WR - Tourney Vote!!!
Brent Hanner
behanner at mindspring.com
Mon Sep 27 21:10:00 PDT 1999
H.L. Agnarr Thorvaldsson wrote:
>
> I remember from my reading that the norse would sometimes go to small remote
> Islands to have a structured combat to the "First Blood" and If I'm not
> correct (from my memory of a discussion/homework assignment held in a Early
> European History Course in 86.) they would use only "blunted" weapons and
> the overall winner would receive all the weapons, shields, armor, and entry
> prizes the combatants paid to enter the field. I might be wrong on this as
> I have spent two days looking for the Course Book from that class to no
> avail. So I'm going off of memory alone at this point.
Gunnora has a great article on Viking duels which sound kinda similar
but
they lack the element of multi layered combat as far as I can see.
> But still have a few places to look for that book. If I find it will post
> the direct text.
Please do I'd love to read it. Most of my research has been in the
tournament
I have done little or none into Viking culture.
> Only one problem with this that I find off the top of my
> head is the fact that Blunted weapons to me means weapons with no edge so
> how did they draw first blood?
Alot of pain. alot of pain. especially if they wore armor.
Peder
--
"While helmets onto heads were tied we formed the groups with which we
ride.
I took a sturdy spear in hand and rode away then from our band.
I came forth all alone indeed and then began to spur my steed
to race as fast as he could go. I charged Sir Hadmar's forces so."
Service of Ladies by Ulrich von Lichtenstien
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