31. What was the most dangerous medieval weapon?

04/04/20 • 23 min

(This is NOT a gory episode!)

We visit an enormous medieval weapons store in some bloke’s back garden.

We hang with “The Company of the Dagger” and talk to knights and weapons-builders as they make the largest medieval weapon of them all.

You’ll find out where the word “freelancer” comes from and you’ll hear our latest knight and Fort-nite jokes!

You’ll find images of all the weapons we discuss on this Medieval Warfare web-page.

Read industry reviews of Dad’s new World War II Asia-Pacific novel, The Slightest Chance, at paulletters.com. It’s now out on Kindle for US$6.99, as well as in paperback. So is Dad’s first wartime novel, A Chance Kill, a love-story/thriller based on real events in Poland, Paris, London and Prague.

Here are some questions based on today’s episode:

When was the medieval period?
What does “freelancer” mean today?
What’s a lance?
Who were the first people in history known as freelancers?
You would use a trebuchet to attack what?
Which weapon could you load and fire more quickly, a crossbow or a longbow?

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We’ll be back on the first Saturday of next month!

Podcast cover art by Molly Austin

All music is from https://filmmusic.io and composed by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

(This is NOT a gory episode!)

We visit an enormous medieval weapons store in some bloke’s back garden.

We hang with “The Company of the Dagger” and talk to knights and weapons-builders as they make the largest medieval weapon of them all.

You’ll find out where the word “freelancer” comes from and you’ll hear our latest knight and Fort-nite jokes!

You’ll find images of all the weapons we discuss on this Medieval Warfare web-page.

Here are some questions based on today’s episode:

When was the medieval period?
What does “freelancer” mean today?
What’s a lance?
Who were the first people in history known as freelancers?
You would use a trebuchet to attack what?
Which weapon could you load and fire more quickly, a crossbow or a longbow?

Please rate and review us wherever you get podcasts. And share our podcast on social media and recommend it to friends – that's how we'll keep going.

We’ll be back on the first Saturday of next month!

Podcast cover art by Molly Austin

All music is from https://filmmusic.io and composed by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Previous Episode

30. Ned Kelly v Billy the Kid: who wins?

WARNING – in this pod you will hear about gunfights and people getting shot and killed. It was all 150 years ago, but very young kids might not want to hear about it. Most of our episodes are for everyone, and we will return to a lighter topic next month, with something for kids of all ages.

We give you all you need to know about Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly, from how they became outlaws at such young ages through to their unhappy endings (without graphic details).

By the way, if you visit Melbourne Gaol, as we did for this episode, they don’t really imprison you for six months. (In your case, it would be more like six years!)

Here are some questions based on today’s episode:

Which country did Billy the Kid live in?
Which state was Ned Kelly born in?
Ned Kelly’s picture appeared at the Olympics in which city?
Which country were the ancestors (the families) of Ned Kelly and Billy the Kid originally from?
Who hired Billy the Kid to fight for him against an Irish family?
Out of what type of farming equipment was Ned Kelly’s armour made?

Please rate and review us wherever you get podcasts. And share our podcast on social media and recommend it to friends – that's how we'll keep going.

We’ll be back on the first Saturday of next month!

Podcast cover art by Molly Austin

All music is from https://filmmusic.io and composed by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Next Episode

32. Why were black Americans separated from white and how did things change?

We see how great speeches and peaceful protest marchers can make big changes in the world, particularly in America in the 1950s and 1960s.

For images of the people and events we talk about, go to dadandmelovehistory.com

Here are some questions based on today’s episode:

The US Declaration of Independence (1776) said “that all men are created .....” what?
What does “segregation” mean?
What did Rosa Parks do on 1 December, 1955?
What happened when Elizabeth Eckford and 8 other black students tried to go to Little Rock high school in 1957?
Dr Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech resulted in the passing of a 1964 law called the Civil Rights Act. That law made something illegal – what was it?
What was the 1965 law called that finally allowed black people to vote?

Please rate and review us wherever you get podcasts. And share our podcast on social media and recommend it to friends – that's how we'll keep going.

We’ll be back on the first Saturday of next month!

Podcast cover art by Molly Austin

All music is from https://filmmusic.io and composed by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)