Ancient history

• Cervelière

  The cervelière is a headdress of mail or iron plates wrapping exactly the upper part of the skull like a skullcap, used in Western Europe in the Middle Ages. From the 8th century, it was not uncommon for soldiers to wear helmets resembling those of the Romans, minus the crest. Consisting only of a

• Crossbow bolt

  . Crossbow bolt from the 14th century. The crossbow bolt is the projectile used with a crossbow, whose four-sided pyramidal iron has a square base. Shorter (about 30 cm) than the arrow and also heavier, it has a reduced fletching, made of leather or parchment. These characteristics reflect a use i

• Bassinet (helmet)

  The bascinet, bascinet or bacinet is a medieval European helmet with a visor which appeared around the beginning of the 14th century. It derives from the cervelière by extension of the iron pieces on the cheeks and the neck and gradually replaced the great helmet of the 13th century. Origin The sma

• Crossbow

  The crossbow (from the Latin arcuballista) is a throwing weapon, consisting of a bow mounted on a barrel and launching projectiles called bolts. General and mechanical principles In principle, the crossbow is nothing more than a bow for which the maintenance of the tension of the string is no longe

• Angon

  The angon is a spear or frank javelin whose iron has the shape of a harpoon. It was used as a weapon of war or hunting. The discovery of this weapon in the tombs of the people of the Angles and the Thuringians suggests that it was not the exclusive domain of Frankish warriors. It was however one of

• Vouge

  The vouge (or voulge, or breaching knife) is a medieval polearm that appeared in Germany and Switzerland at the end of the 13th century. Used by infantry, it is like many polearms derived from an agricultural tool. Description The vouge consists of a wide blade in the shape of a trencher, mounted o

• Arab armors

  Arabian armours The Arab armies of the Middle Ages favored speed, agility and discretion (kings of the ambush, they preferred for example to ride mares, which whinnied much less than stallions, or even geldings) to brute force. All their equipment was therefore geared towards lightness. The shield

• Norman armor

  Norman armor In the 11th century, Norman armor was that which was used during of the conquest of England by William the Conqueror and during the first crusades. It consists of a padded tunic, the gambeson, over which the hauberk is worn, a mail shirt, a “bowl” type helmet with nose protection and a

• 15th century armor

  15th century armor Over time, the armor has evolved, and metal plates, or plates, have appeared to gradually replace the mesh. Indeed, these are not very effective against arrows or thrusting attacks with daggers or rapiers. One could have an armor mixing mail and plates:the knight wore a shirt (o

• May-68

  “Run, comrade, the old world is behind you. » Revolt, or the liberation of morals The event known as May 68 marks a turning point in the way of life of the post-war period. Considered as kids without opinion, those who are not yet qualified as teenagers suffer the belittlement, indifference, even

• Soviet emigration

  The first to leave Russia deserted it in 1917, when the Revolution broke out and chaos prevailed. This is the first wave of emigration. The second wave takes place at the end of the Second World War:many Soviet citizens leave the USSR. In the 1970s, after the creation of the state of Israel, Russian

• The Thirty Glorious

  http://femme-dans-la-publicite.over-blog.com/pages/Moulinex_libere_la_femme_-5321963.html The progress of technology The war is over, the money problems solved:its time to move on. It was in the 1950s that we saw the appearance of the perfect profile of the fulfilled housewife, assisted by her thou

• Russian literature in the 20th century

  Symbolism The symbolist movement was born in Russia in the early 1890s, and crossed the border between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. If this current dominated Russian literature for nearly twenty years and was part of the Silver Age, the avant-garde took over from the beginning of the USS

• Wartime Literature

  On the fields on the horizonOn the wings of birdsAnd on the mill of shadowsI write your name [1] Between the wars Some authors do not doubt the value of words, and therefore do not consider it necessary to worry about language and its possibilities. During the interwar period, the literary movemen

• The emergency bag...

  We have been undergoing intensive training for six months. Individually, we are ready. But we will be called upon to work in groups, in small teams of a dozen men each in charge of a guerrilla sector. The life of the maquis, the dangerous missions that await us, require that this group be made up of

• A bucket of minium in hand...

  An important part of the teaching given concerns the knowledge that will be essential to us:the life and customs of the peoples or tribes among whom we will live and act, geography and history of the countries where we are likely to be sent, particular traits of the various populations, studied from

• Surfing in the Arabian Sea

  A delicious beach of fine sand, lined with coconut palms. The surf breaks in powerful rolls. We are in Harnai, a small fishing town, south of Bombay. Were settled in an old waterside fort on the peninsula and were starting our sea course. British forces in the Far East have just touched down four-en

• With the crocodiles

  But we are also encouraged to hunt, because it develops our knowledge of the jungle and our eye, forces us to do good stalking (tracking) and to shoot well. And also because meat is a need. The forest massif where we are has been a reserve for many years and game is abundant there:tiger, leopard, ax

• In the company of buffalo leeches

  It is in a similar jungle that we will live in Indochina, that we will fight, we will rest, we will carry out our action and where we will take refuge after the sabotages. We must therefore know it, know how to use it, know how to benefit from it for our food and our health. “The jungle is neutral,”

• In the silk and the strings

  Chaklala, in the suburbs of Rawalpindi. New decor. Mountains and hills bare or covered with sparse vegetation, villages with terracotta houses and flat roofs, dry rivers, sky, heat, climate, noises, smell, all this atmosphere of Central Asia is very close to that which some of us have known near Fez