Buhurt medieval violence

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Been watching some clips on the logistics used by Romans and Mongols. My mind boggles at how many Horses the Mongols moved around with. Each fighting man was expected to have at least 6 Horses with him.

Mongols also moved great amount of sheep with them to feed men. The strategy allowed them to move very fast over big distance and to appear suddenly before enemy have chance to prepare defenses. The surprise was major key of their success as long as they moved fast but this type of army required huge amount of forage for animals. So if Mongols were forced to stay in a place too long it was turning against them like it happened during the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480 during confrontation between the forces of Akhmat Khan of the Great Horde, and Grand Prince Ivan III of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The Tatar horses, and the sheep they drove with them for food, gradually consumed the local fodder and had to leave in a hurry.

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One would have to be very strong and fit to wear such armour and use such weapons.

BTW, Ned Kelly's armour weighted 44kg.

[Black Orchid]

It must have been pretty smelly inside that.

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It must have been pretty smelly inside that.

can't be worse then inside of hazmat suit

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One of the sport's foremost proponents lives here in the Eurobodalla, NSW, and at 78, Darrell Bossley is the world's oldest jouster.

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While the pool for competition jousters was relatively tiny, Darrell estimated there were about 10,000 medieval re-enactors around Australia.

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[Jasin]

I know the festival in Blacktown last year got 10,000 visitors

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Title: Kissing the Pope's Feet.
German peasants respond to a papal bull of Pope Paul III. Caption reads: "Don't frighten us Pope, with your ban, and don't be such a furious man. Otherwise we shall turn around and show you our rears.

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