Wargear

An Overview of Viking Age Warfare

Weapons	Armour	Archery
▼ Axe Images File:Axe Aldergate.jpg File:Axe Ballinaby1.jpg File:Axe Ballinaby2.jpg File:Axe Brentwood.jpg File:Axe hesket.jpg File:Axe Old London Bridge.jpg File:Axe Putney.jpg File:Axe Strand.jpg File:Axe Thames Street.jpg File:Axe Thames1.jpg File:Axe Thames2.jpg File:Axe WalthamstowI.jpg File:Axe WalthamstowII.jpg File:Axe Whitehall.jpg File:L'lle de Groix Axe heads.jpg File:London.jpg ▼ Knife Images File:Arb.6 2.jpg File:L'lle de Groix Knife.jpg File:Pl5.fig1.jpg ▼ Langseax Images File:Langseax battersea.jpg File:Langseax beagnoth.jpg File:Langseax hurbeck.jpg File:Langseax keen edge ferry.jpg File:Langseax kempsford.jpg File:Langseax layton.jpg File:Langseax little bealings.jpg File:Langseax mortlake.jpg File:Langseax near london.jpg File:Langseax reading.jpg File:Langseax unknown.jpg File:Langseax walthamstow.jpg ▼ Scabbard Images File:Arb.5 7.jpg File:Arb.5 8a.jpg File:Ashwell.jpg File:Bautzen chape.jpg File:Gdynia-Oksywie Chape.jpg File:Gjermundbu chape.jpg File:Humberside chape.jpg File:L'lle de Groix Sword Scabbard Chape.jpg File:R516.jpg ▼ Seax Images File:Bayeux Tapestry seax.JPG File:Brussels, Bibliotheque Royale, ms. 10066-77 seax.jpg File:Cranborne Silver strap-end.jpg File:Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Lat. 8085 seax.jpg File:Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS lat 8824 - seax.jpg File:Repton Stone.jpg File:Seax London A1781.jpg File:Seax London ALG84 588 381.jpg ▼ Spear Images File:L'lle de Groix Spear heads.jpg File:London.jpg File:R522.jpg File:Spear a hesket.jpg File:Spear b hesket.jpg File:Spears-decoration II.png File:Spears-decoration III.png File:Spears-types.png File:Spears.png File:Winged Spear Backswept.png File:Winged Spear.png ▼ Sword Images File:IOM sword balladoyne.jpg File:L'lle de Groix Sword O.jpg File:L'lle de Groix Sword Reconstruction.jpg File:Near london hilt.jpg File:Near london.jpg File:Sword abindgon.jpg File:Sword acomb.jpg File:Sword ardnamurchan.jpg File:Sword ballateare.jpg File:Sword ballinaby.jpg File:Sword battersea.jpg File:Sword brentford.jpg File:Sword bute.jpg File:Sword cawood.jpg File:Sword claughton hall.jpg File:Sword Colchester.jpg File:Sword colonsay.jpg File:Sword cronk moar.jpg File:Sword ecclefechan.jpg File:Sword edmonton.jpg File:Sword elginshire full.jpg File:Sword elginshire.jpg File:Sword enfield.JPG File:Sword eriskay.jpg File:Sword fetter.jpg File:Sword fiskerton.jpg File:Sword gooderstone.jpg File:Sword hertford.jpg File:Sword hesket.jpg File:Sword islay.jpg File:Sword kersey.jpg File:Sword kew.jpg File:Sword kiloran bay.jpg File:Sword kings.jpg File:Sword kirkcudbrightshire.jpg File:Sword knoc.jpg File:Sword manx 2008.jpg File:Sword map.jpg File:Sword mileham.jpg File:Sword nottinghamX Full.jpg File:Sword reading.jpg File:Sword repton L.jpg File:Sword repton.jpg File:Sword scar.JPG File:Sword staines.jpg File:Sword sweindrow detail.JPG File:Sword sweindrow.JPG File:Sword unprovenanced.jpg File:Sword vauxhall.JPG File:Sword wandsworth.jpg File:Sword waterloo.jpg File:Sword wensley.jpg File:Sword wensum.jpg File:Sword westminster.jpg File:Sword witham.jpg File:Sword york clifford.jpg File:Sword york coppergate.jpg File:Wheeler Swords.jpg Axes Axes found in Britain Banners Banners from Literature Langseax Norse Style Knives Seax Spears Spears found in Britain Sword Peace Bands Sword Scabbard Chapes Sword Scabbards Swords Swords found in Britain	▼ Armour Images File:Book of Maccabees1.png ▼ Helmet Images File:DomedHelmetMap.jpeg File:Helmet Hermann.jpg File:Helmet Oseberg.jpg File:Helmet Valsgarde 8.jpg File:Helmet Vendle plate.jpg File:Helmet Vivians.jpg File:Helmet Wollaston.jpg File:Vendle 14.jpg File:York.jpg ▼ Shield Images File:L'lle de Groix Other Shield bosses.jpg File:L'lle de Groix Scandinavian Shield bosses.jpg File:R562.jpg File:Shield boss hesket.jpg Carolingian Helmets Conical Helmets Domed Helmets Great Polish and Russian style Helmets Hand and Forearm Protection Helmets found in Western Europe Jacks and Gambesons Kite Shields Lamellar and Scale Armour Mail Shirts Phrygian Caps or Helmets Round Shield Bosses Round Shield Designs Round Shields Shields found in Britain File:NCH-Gjermundbu Mail Shirt.jpg	File:London, British Library, MS Cotton Galba A XVIII, fol.014r.jpg

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The Viking Age Compendium