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Viking and Anglo-Saxon warriors were very similarly equipped, although in each case the more professional of them would have invested in better arms and armour. The greater the amount of worked iron in a weapon or an item of armour, the more expensive it would have been. In the tenth and eleventh centuries, when relatively peaceful conditions encouraged a growth in trade and agriculture, and prosperity spread, it appears that larger numbers of men were able to afford some of the more expensive items.

It is hard to say quite where residents of burhs or wiks fitted into this picture. But we should keep in mind that domestic items used for non-military purposes, such as tools for cutting wood, slaughtering livestock, or hunting could have served many of those called to defend their burhs. On the field of battle, underequipped soldiers may have been used in auxiliary roles.

The Armor & Weaponry Of The Normans

Spears, comprising an iron head riveted to a wooden shaft, were by far the most common weapon, for soldiers from all ranks in society. There were a number of reasons for this. Incorporating relatively little iron, they were more affordable than swords. They were an effective all-purpose weapon, not least for those soldiers with less training or fighting skills, useful for keeping at a distance an opponent swinging sword or axe; while offensively, the spear could be used single-handed stabbing downwards from an over-arm position using the other hand to protect oneself with shield , or double-handed for a thrust with enough momentum to penetrate mail armour.

And, in a mass battle a line of troops several soldiers deep, protected by a wall of shields and a hedge of spears, provided an effective obstacle to attackers, particularly horsemen, as the Battle of Hastings showed.


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As a last resort, a spear could also be thrown, although a soldier might have one or more lighter spears, of a javelin type, for throwing; the normal fighting spear had a broader head, as illustrated above. Swords were relatively uncommon weapons; archaeologically they are far less in evidence, although this must be partly because many were handed down from one generation to the next.

Anglo-Saxon Shields

Axes were even less common. Axes and swords were offensive weapons and were probably largely restricted to the professional warriors, such as the huscarls, who could use them to best effect. In terms of protective equipment, helmets were an important investment, since the upper part of the skull was particularly vulnerable to sword and axe swings; they seem to have become increasingly commonly-owned items between the time of Alfred and the Conquest.

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Simple domed metal helmets, presumably with some kind of interior padding and means of fastening firmly atop the head, were the norm; sometimes a nose-guard as above was incorporated, and far less frequently due to expense chain-mail extensions to protect the lower part of the head, neck, and even the upper shoulders. Shields must have been even more common than helmets, being the least dispensable item of defensive equipment, and inexpensive because made of wood, with some leather reinforcement.

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