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VIKINGS - 2
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VIKINGS !! STILL SHROUDED IN MYSTERY.........BUT STILL EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE !!
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THE USE OF ARCHERS IN VIKING BATTLES SEEMS TO BE MUCH UNDER ESTIMATED, ALTHOUGH LITTLE TELLS US OF THEIR PRESENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS.
THE NORMANS - LATER BLOOD RELATIVES OF THE VIKINGS - GAVE GREAT USE TO THE BOWMAN. PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS BATTLE OF ALL - HASTINGS - SAW A GREAT NUMBER OF BOWMEN BEING UTILISED, AS SEEN HERE ON THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY.
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WERE THEY EFFECTIVE ? JUST ASK THE SAXONS WHO ARE SHOWN HERE WITH THEIR SHIELDS LITERALLY PEPPERED WITH ARROWS.
THE AGE OLD ARGUMENT GOES ON..........DID KING HAROLD 'KOP' ONE IN THE EYE ?
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MOST ARROWS OF THE VIKING PERIOD WOULD HAVE HEADS THAT WERE TANGED ONTO THE SHAFTS.
FOR DETAILS OF ARROWS AND ARROWHEADS PLEASE REFER TO THE RELEVANT PAGES ON THIS SITE.
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LARGE FRAGMENTS OF MAIL FROM THE GJERMUNDBU FINDS POINT TO IT BEING THE REMAINS OF A MAIL SHIRT - AS SHOWN HERE.
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WHERE DID YOU SAY BRUNANBURGH WAS ??
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