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  • Savaric Of Witney
    By: Mike Bond | - Savaric sat his palfrey and looked up at the great grey edifice of Gloucester Castle. Shields, banners and buntings were draped over the battlements showing that William Rufus, King of all England was in residence for the Yuletide festivities. With the knight was his squire, Luke, and Luke's father, Leofwin.

    Four long years he'd been away. Away on the Great Pilgrimage called for by Pope Urban the second in 1095. He left as little more than a boy, and now, on his return, was a ...

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  • The Way Of The Knight
    By: Mike Bond | - Have you ever tried running around the garden with a very large saucepan on your head on a sunny summers day? No? Well, probably a good thing. The neighbours might talk, or worse still, call the gentlemen in white coats.

    If you did, though, you might have some idea of what it was like for the knights in medieval times who wore the great helm.

    A fully armoured knight would wear a hauberk, which is a coat of mail, beneath which he'd wear a gambeson, a thick cloth c ...

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