Weapons that Made Britain: The Shield (Part 2)

Historian Mike Loades shows the history behind the weapons that helped to forge Britain, as well as demonstrating their use.

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[josh3357]

thnx for putting this up looking foward to the rest

[Kisk79]

@Braveheart101TLK Not true at all. In the early days of Samurai history, they did use shields, because they were also using one handed spears and swords. However, even in the Samurai's golden age (sengoku jidai), they still used pavise type shields to protect encampments and gunners.

However they did have personal shields. They wore them on their shoulders. They're part of a samurai's armour kit already.

But again, it's hard to use a shield when you have a large number of two handed weapons.

[Kisk79]

@Braveheart101TLK Musashi was a pushover if you actually look up the history about it. I'd suggest the Samurai Archives forums, or Historum. I wouldn't take much of what Musashi wrote at face value.

[Braveheart101TLK]

@Kisk79 I know this is coming really late but The Gorin No Sho by Miyamoto Musashi clearly states that the samurai needs no shield as the sword can provide the necessary protection.

[princeofiron]

@Braveheart101TLK thats f*cking retarded

[masterninjaman1]

@balletlunatic The Japanese thought of the sheild as cowardly, and in Japanese society, cowardice = death, so they never used it.

[SuperRoadkill10]

Suden who shit

[MsDjessa]

@lordrah And I´m sure rest of the world later on were fond of the civilisation of the English, been shut by them and all. At least Viking fought with equal terms and not hiding behind a gun.

[lordrah]

@MsDjessa I'm sure most British were fond of the Vikings "equality for all," as they had their heads split open by an axe.

[MsDjessa]

"Pagan menace." LOL The vikings were actually way more civiliced then christian Europe, their women had equal rights to men, no king could just randomly go kill someone. Besides, christians tortured their enemys too and also robbed others.

[MsDjessa]

@Kisk79 Yes and of course if one had a good armor on, the need for a shield wasn´t that great, the European knight in full plate armor, at the end of the feudal era, didn´t really use shields either any more.

[Vovk3]

@balletlunatic

Oh boy, you have a lot of studying to do.