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/* Using spears two-handed with a slung shield */
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There are no depictions So far all the images of spears being used men using a spear two-handed with a slung shield from the Viking age. What evidence we do have comes from before or after the Viking age and depict combat show them against either horsesanimals, ships or castles.
* Scotland, Aberlemo stone. c.700-850. Depicts a warrior attacking a mounted warrior.
* France, Saint-Omer. c.1000-1025. Depicts a man hunting a boar. (New York, Pierpont Morgan, MS.333 fol.1)
* England, Canterbury. Stained glass window. c.1190. Depicts a warrior attacking a castle.
* Germany. St Gallen, Cod. Sang. 863?. c.1125-1150. Depicts a warrior attacking a ship. (St Gallen, Cod. Sang, 863)
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File:Scotland, Aberlemno II, Stone Carving.jpg|Aberlemno <br>c.700-850
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