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Do you know if during the first half of the XVI century, long/bastard/war or hand and a half swords were used by heavy cavalry soldiers (Like French Gendarmes, or Italian Condottieri) while mounted?

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Hello guys. Do you know if in later XVI century, longswords, axes, warhammers and maces were still used by heavy cavalry lancers as side weapons, or they were replaced by the broad bladed war rapier and pistol? Thanks. P.D. Since pollaxes usually are considered ¨knightly¨ weapons, Who used them duri...

Mmm... well, about a barded horse, i´m refering to a full armored horse, but the core of my question is if in Ïtaly¨, the full armored horses were still used by the Italic men-at-arms during XVI century. Thanks

Hello.

Some time ago i was told that during XVI century, spanish had a horse bard regulation, allowing their horses be armored with only the frontal set of armour.
Does anybody knows if the italian XVI century man-at-arms, or the condottieri cavalry still used the full barded horse?

Thanks.

Hello again Gentlemen, do someone know wich style/styles is this armour? http://198.144.2.125/Armour/Full/HerculesArmour.jpg I saw early XV century italian examples of this harness, with different fauld and tassets but with the same pauldrons and helm. I found later three quarter versions and half v...

I heard that you can do some acrobatics with armour on, like jumping on the horse, or the pine, is this true?

Thank you very much. So, no need to take out the gard brace?

Be proud, but watch the superior stuff. When I hear that, I start smelling the gas chamber. In my opinion, someone can be very proud of its Culture, but is not proud becouse he or she thinks that his or her culture is superior, becouse this pride generates intolerance, arrogancy and violence, but a...

Mr. Willaume, you said that you use a milanese harness in jousting. My question is, Can you still handle properly a sword with a gardbrace in, or a knight would remove it when fighting on foot? This is a milanese gardbrace model, i don´t think that it could inmovilizate your arm, or difficult the us...

As to the supposed egalitarian nature of Western culture, I would argue against such theories, as the Chinese Exclusionary Act of the 19th Cent., Salem witch hunts, African enslavement, the imprisoning of Japanese during WW2, Adolf Hitler's Germany, various "Aryan" rights associations in ...

Maybe this is a silly question too, Did all Milanese style armours had both pauldrons different because of the lance rest, or there were specimens with both pauldrons equal too? And about armour skirts, Were cloth skirts only for jousting armours, a part of the gambeson, or a knight´s custom choice?...

I heard that Milanese armours had less movement rate than Gothic armours, and there are some techniques wich only can be made if wearing Gothic armour. It smells like myth, becouse milanese armours had great rate of movement despite their huge spaulders but i want to know the more proffesional exper...

I seriously doubt the Spartans at Thermopylae were motivated by feelings they were no better or no worse than the Persian host they faced. As the saying goes, "Cultural pride is when you think your society's value are superior. Ethnocentrism is when the other thinks it is." I truly dissag...

I first agree with Shane about the subject, ARMA uses methods based on historical manuals, and it´s ok. But, in the other hand, what the first masters would had said to the XV century masters when they decided to employ a side dagger instead of a shield? In my personal case, i like historical accura...

Yes, the first one is a beautiful blade, i love long grip blades with such beautifull blade. They have also some practise longswords, like feather swords too. http://www.myarmoury.com/review_aa_fech.html Take a look to these ones: http://www.myarmoury.com/review_sc_wast.html http://www.myarmoury.com...