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That is pretty much my own feeling, the six foot height of the duelling shields shown in Talhoffer mean that unless they are held at quite a steep angle they completely block vision, only one of a number of important differences between them and the earlier shields. In practice I to found the moveme...

Apologies if this has been covered before! What interests me is early Medieval (Dark Age) sword/axe/spear and shield combat, I have read both Medieval Swordsmanship and both SPADA papers that deal with this and am wondering about the differences – in Medieval Swordsmanship the guards largely have th...