I just recently discovered the military science section in my campus library. The catalogue only showed me two possible sources that I could use for research for this blog. But when I found the admittedly small section on medieval weaponry, I had to step back for a moment to keep my hands from adding to the all ready large stack of books I wanted to take home with me.
I knew from experience that if I let myself, I would stuff my bag full of whatever I could carry, and then some. I also knew there was no way I could get read everything there during the semester. So I took a few deep breaths, I might have started to hyperventilate, and chose only four books.
Keep in mind these are hefty scholarly works, and just those four stretched my bag to its limits. After skimming through a few of the books I realized there was some fine research in here. But unfortunately nobody is ever going to read it, because the books are too busy being stuck in the basement of the library.
So I bring you a new proposal for a section on this blog. Since there is so much information out there, but it rarely comes to anyone's attention, I will write reviews of each book, and point people in the right direction for further study. I will also use the information I find, and add it to my own knowledge, to improve my future blog posts.
The book format of blog posts will probably be a long time coming, since I'm not so arrogant as to try and write an entire research book before I've delved deeper into the field. But I will share interesting tidbits about the history and function of medieval weaponry and armor.
Let me know if there are any weapons, or armor, that you are interested in knowing more about, and I'll see what I can find in my research.
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