I haven’t been to an MSS in ages, and I was cold at my parents, As some one who doesn’t feel the cold very often, I don’t always (like now) have not got a jumper available, so out came my old MSS doublet. As for why I am hipster… Well […]
Medieval Siege Society
4 posts
[pro-player type=”mp4″]http://camcrew.co.uk/uploads/De%20Cobham%20Men%20at%20Arms%20Training.m4v[/pro-player] The DeCobham Household is part of the Medieval Siege Society representing military life in the Wars of the Roses period (1455-1487), as the personal retinue of Sir Peter Samworth, who in turn fights for the Lords Cobham. We are principally a Man-at-Arms unit, by which we mean heavily […]
[pro-player type=”mp4″]http://camcrew.co.uk/uploads/GunPowder%20Demonstration.m4v[/pro-player] Gunpowder, is a mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate. It burns rapidly, producing a volume of hot gas, Because of its burning properties and the amount of heat and gas volume that it generates, gunpowder has been widely used as a propellant in firearms. Gunpowder is classified as […]
[pro-player type=”mp4″]http://camcrew.co.uk/uploads/Trebuchet Demonstration.m4v[/pro-player] A trebuchet is a siege engine that was employed in the Middle Ages. It is sometimes called a “counterweight trebuchet” or “counterpoise trebuchet” in order to distinguish it from an earlier weapon that has come to be called the “traction trebuchet”, the original version with pulling men […]