Re: Spearing men on the ground

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From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:18:09 +0100 (BST)

> At a British museum one time the curator told me
> that the Norman war horses
> NEVER got their bridle removed, just so that they
> would be sore and irritable.
> I actually find this hard to believe, but it is
> another sign of how nasty those
> critters were.

Or possibly a sign of how nasty their owners were? Still something to rememebr. These medieval/Dark Age warrior types are a lot more brutal than we soft people like to think.

Jane Williams

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