Medieval Warfare II.1

Medieval Warfare II-2

Theme: Creating a Viking empire – The wars of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, England and Norway

• Historical introduction – Gareth Williams, 'A history of Viking Denmark'.
• The Source – Murray Dahm, ‘Battle in the Viking Age’.
• Theme – Sidney Dean, ‘Cnut’s conquest of Norway’.
• Theme – Raffaele d’Amato, ‘The warrior: Housecarls’.
• Theme – Owen Rees, ‘Going berserk: the psychology of berserkers’.
• Theme – Joshua Gilbert, ‘The Danish conquest of England’.

Features:

• The Castle – Andrei Pogâcias, ‘The castle of Hunedoara’.
• Special – Michael Curl, ‘Armour industry in the 14th – 16th century ’.
• The Battle – David Santiuste, ‘The Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471’.
• Weapon Handling – John Clements, ‘The myth of clumsy knights in heavy armour’.