Mikael Ranelius wrote: | ||||
Interesting, they must have been among the first Europeans to adopt stirrups then? Perhaps it indicates close and early contacts with the Avars and other Steppe people in the East? |
That is a very likely theory. :)
Mikael Ranelius wrote: | ||||
Interesting, they must have been among the first Europeans to adopt stirrups then? Perhaps it indicates close and early contacts with the Avars and other Steppe people in the East? |
Ville Vinje wrote: | ||
Vendel period warriors did have stirrups. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons...ljebok.png |
Mikael Ranelius wrote: | ||
They're known from the Viking age at least, I guess they were introduced by the Avars in the 7th-8th century. I suppose that Vendel age Scandinavians preferred to fight on foot, and that horsemen saw limited use as scouts or possibly skirmishers. This was normally the case among the Norse until the adoption of continental-style knightly cavalry in the 12th century |
Mikael Ranelius wrote: | ||
They're known from the Viking age at least, I guess they were introduced by the Avars in the 7th-8th century. I suppose that Vendel age Scandinavians preferred to fight on foot, and that horsemen saw limited use as scouts or possibly skirmishers. This was normally the case among the Norse until the adoption of continental-style knightly cavalry in the 12th century |
Antonio Lamadrid wrote: |
What about the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern? It was a cavalry battle. Was it a one-off, or rather there was a later trend in Viking Age Scandinavia to fight on foot? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_on_the_Ic...%C3%A4nern |
Ville Vinje wrote: |
I'm very happy you got the chance to have a look at some of our best vendel period items. The Gustavianum museum really worked our a quite nice exibition this time. Did you also have time to visit the "Old Upsala Museum"? If not you have to come back. Here is a link to 1468 pictures of swedish vendel period items and finds. (test info are in swedish) Enjoy. :) http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/resultat_bil...amp;page=1 Regards, /Ville |
Artis Aboltins wrote: | ||
Thanks for the link with information, and, no at that time I did not had time to visit Old Uppsala museum (was working as tourist group leader and had 40 tourists with me so could not visit all sites I would have liked to) so I will most certainly be back at another time, prefferably without such a following :) |
Ville Vinje wrote: |
Have I met you? You didn't happen to visit the museum at the same time as Thorkil (helm smith) did you? |
Ville Vinje wrote: |
It's a very small world. :) |
Sam Gordon Campbell wrote: |
I'm looking at all these helmets and stuff, and I'm thinking to myself "My god, I want every single one!" :lol:
Also, could one not copy some Roman stuff, as I was under the impression that many Germanic tribes (Federatii?) tried to copy Roman styles or at least intergrate them... Just a thought. :confused: |
Artis Aboltins wrote: |
You can always go for "angle-grinder forging" as we call it there - meaning you essentially grind off the exces metal from the bar of apropriate size. It should work for the eyebrows, not sure if it would for the crest. |