03-25-2010, 04:00 AM
Thanks for that, Dashydog
On the subject of a "retinue" or a Briton lord's men, I think I may have mentioned the singular reference to a "King's man" on this thread awhile back. I never gave his name. It was Guengarth, the second man to Morcant Rex (Morgan). Guengarth was the individual who owned the sword Hipiclaur, the famous 70-cow weapon-- kind of like some other famed sword of legend. :lol: But Hipiclaur was real enough.
What is important about Guengarth is the description of his sub-Roman weaponry, "coming up on horseback with sheild and sword and lance." This was probably what the nobles used, not your ordinary grunt. :wink:
On the subject of a "retinue" or a Briton lord's men, I think I may have mentioned the singular reference to a "King's man" on this thread awhile back. I never gave his name. It was Guengarth, the second man to Morcant Rex (Morgan). Guengarth was the individual who owned the sword Hipiclaur, the famous 70-cow weapon-- kind of like some other famed sword of legend. :lol: But Hipiclaur was real enough.
What is important about Guengarth is the description of his sub-Roman weaponry, "coming up on horseback with sheild and sword and lance." This was probably what the nobles used, not your ordinary grunt. :wink:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb