"Heater Shield Size - 13th Century ?" Topic
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DukeWacoan  | 15 Mar 2025 4:23 p.m. PST |
Should I be using larger or smaller heater shields for Barons War and War of Scottish Independence? I did a bunch of research years back that I cannot find. I seem to recall smaller.
LARGER
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or SMALLER
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| nnascati | 16 Mar 2025 12:23 p.m. PST |
I usually go smaller for knights and men at arms, and larger for infantry. |
| Druzhina | 17 Mar 2025 11:04 p.m. PST |
Early 13th century English images mostly show large shields.
e.g. Satues on Wells Cathedral, the Rochester Bestiary, Effigy of William Longespée, Earl of Salisbury (d.1226), in Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England, c.1230-40.
Small heaters become more common latter in the century, e.g. the Douce Apocalypse, England, c. 1265-70, but, a larger shield is still shown at the end of the century: Effigy of Robert de Roos (d.1227), in Temple Church, London, England, late 13th/early 14th centuries of a knight who died earlier.
Druzhina
13th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers |
| Zephyr1 | 24 Mar 2025 3:25 p.m. PST |
I'd go smaller for mounted, larger for foot (large would be too bulky to carry on a horse… ;-) |
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