Mistakes by Ewart Oakeshott

[Kevin Reicks]

I've been reading a lot lately and currently reading several of the "Knight" series. In "A Knight and his weapons", there are passages where hand and a half swords are referred to as 'heavy' and had the view that the sword was used to block edge on edge. I think there was a reference to jumping above sword strokes in sword and shield combat in response to feints and leg strikes. I have never seen anything like that outside of a movie.

I am NOT mocking Mr. Oakeshott by any means, he has done fantastic work. Also, in the book review section on this website, there is a comment alluding to those book passages in the book's description. I just thought it was very interesting to see those specific issues in one of his books and is a nice reminder to read everything with a careful eye.

Oh, and for what it is worth I received my ARMA membership acceptance email today. No need for another greeting topic post, the mods can delete this little nugget of info if they want.

[Jonathan Waller]

A couple of things to consider.... when they were written and that they were written for children to get them interested in history and arms and armour.
jw

[Kevin Reicks]

A couple of things to consider.... when they were written and that they were written for children to get them interested in history and arms and armour.
jw

LOL! I found out after those things were written they were intended for children. Even if they're for kids, EO doesn't hold back on the carnage and total warfare. Still very good books and I recommend them for adults.

I was aware of when they were written. I still thought the errors were interesting.