Hey,
I am researching the atlatl like javelins of the Frisians and I wonder if maybe some Dutch guys could source or link me through?
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Yours sincerely
Daniel
Hello Daniel,
do you understand German? If so, you should try to get hold of this article: [hide]http://opac.regesta-imperii.de/lang_en/anzeige.php?aufsatz=Der+friesische+Sprungspeer%3A+auf+Spurensuche+nach+einem+vergessenen+mittelalterlichen+Mehrzweckger%C3%A4t+der+Marschleute+an+der+Nordsee-K%C3%BCste&pk=497523[/hide].
Please be advised these spears are dated in the Middle Ages. I cannot open that article, but am willing to translate the gist of it if someone has it digitaly available as a download.
Quote:I cannot open that article, but am willing to translate the gist of it if someone has it digitaly available as a download.
It's just a database, unfortunately, and I wasn't abled to find a digital version of the article, either. I have, however, found out, that J.A. Mol's
Friese krijgers en de kruistochten features the Frisian spear ("polsstok-speer"). Almost the entire spear part of Mol's article can be read on Google Books: [hide]http://books.google.de/books?id=wx-2mUd4KzEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Jaarboek+voor+Middeleeuwse+Geschiedenis[/hide] (from p. 107 onwards).
Right! Well, what I can make of the tekst suggests a "pole-vaulting spear" , a spear with a sort of vork at its base to enable its use in crossing small waterways. Sort of Multi purpose instument for both self defence and the more mundain use. Dating is 1250 AD, so well into the Middle Ages.