hoes*?

@@AnoNYmous-bz2ef nah like hose like the german word for trousers dawg

I would argue that you are wrong about being wrong. The halberds the Easterlings are holding are clearly too large to be wielded in one hand. The weapon in the medieval illustration is short enough I think it would be feasible to thrust with one handed.

Hose is fashionable again. They call it "skinny jean" but it's really just modern hose...

Got no love for hose.

I once found a black hose with big bottoms, such a joy to watch

In german language ,,Hose' means , trousers'.

@@brittakriep2938 that's the joke

But he is looking for group "hose" which may seem less accepted.

...mostly

DepOpt1988 exactly

I greave at puns like these.

Clint Page I’m sure you’ll come to vambrace them

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Who knows, maybe he wants to buy one for her, too?

@@couchpotatoe91: Wouldn't that be crossdressing?

Good blackmail material.

I read my dad's internet history and he's very into hose. Not the historical kind.

I'm sure his wife is an enthusiastic hands-on assistant in Matt's tireless search of hose. Perhaps Matt even gets regular recommendations and appraisals of promising ones from her.

I burst out laughing at this comment, hahaha. Fuckin rabbits! They'll get ya everytime!

“Well, that's no ordinary rabbit. That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on! ...that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!”

Lemme guess, the rabbit's got you.

Ariel Valenzuela medieval pictures giving general knowledge about certain aspects

A giant rabbit with what could easily be mistaken for a strap on no less.

wrong about them hoes?

Must be an exception to a rule. 😄

...about anything.

Not just him, but Shadiversity too.

@Jon Goat Different hose for different brose.

Don't forget the butt.

I am pretty sure this channel is actually primarily about context. It's only secondarily about knowing when to penetrate hose with powerful thrusts.

And let’s not forget about our shafts or our helmets!

Long shafts too.

with* laughter, I'm a bit hazy so my sincerest apologies

More or less my thought. Use the shield to get up to the battle line, then drop it so you can put your halberd to work.

Toss a coin to your Witcher?

I'm not sure, that could get very messy very quickly if your whole unit decides to do that, specially with such big shields. Imagine trying to keep ranks while dodging the pavises the three blokes in front of you just ditched.

@@leonardomarquesbellini depend on how you are using it. Let say you are setting up a square to handle a calvery charge then you set your shield on the ground in front maybe in conjunction with another pience of equipment to turn them the same way big shield like it was done in japan and then you have you front line hide behind the shield stock of the halberg on the ground for support and pointed directly in front. ready to drop the shield once the calvery crash through the formation. (am guessing not sure if it can work)

"I was an adeventurer like you but then a taken an arrow to the knee."

@@alexandrub8786 well... better a bodkin to an armored knee than an ArrowIV cruise missile to the knee actuator of your battlemech ;)

Or you could have a pavise shield strapped to your back.

Or wear four shields like skallagrim.... *Skallagladiatoria*

Two handed polearms such as halberds and pikes may be used with shields in certain situations: 1) The more common situation is when shields are strapped to the person's arm that leaves both hands free to grip the polearm. Examples of strap on shields include the phalangite pikemen of the ancient Macedonian army and for the armies of ancient China. Archaeological example of strapped shields of the Han Dynasty: 4.bp.blogspot.com/-a1eaZPyyQIk/WwaBm7J6A9I/AAAAAAAAEqg/O2oUrmEwMz0H2A-IoQyglwdRmVO6UxkSwCLcBGAs/s400/wKgB6lQdoViAW-ecACzyg17BGmg13.jpeg 1.bp.blogspot.com/-amZ4UqzY3ps/WwjRJKA_6hI/AAAAAAAAEsE/b39GR4roIq0ZzKXXPqWvGCO79rYbbSMKQCLcBGAs/s400/20120904044232797.jpg Modern artistic portrayal of Macedonian shields: qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-aee69ea7e5bd320c61effd9d19c35782.webp 2) A rarer situation is when certain types of shields that are designed with resting areas for polearms. This can be seen in ancient Chinese double arced shields with "notches" on the side dating to the Warring States to Han Dynasty era, and in medieval European shields that have a polearm rest for lances. Archaeological examples of Han Dynasty shields with polearm rests: 1.bp.blogspot.com/-5Tb0am4XkMU/XUOd74ATOPI/AAAAAAAAFUs/qt8p5lnHCT8AvGa1EDpwTaDbjm2hdy3kgCLcBGAs/s400/han_terracotta_big_shield.jpg 2.bp.blogspot.com/-1whOMakZ7bw/Wuk2SGRPunI/AAAAAAAAEng/YH-e88fh6cs0Mxdwe5-H4ROPOLIawaQswCLcBGAs/s400/0.jpg Medieval illustration and modern recreation of high/late middle ages shields with rests for lances: myarmoury.com/images/pb/78fea1f6c72f5495b9d238c3578c1c36.jpg encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQtX0oGLyFfZlxe_TSlI8IH9i4ScAsC4o6plaJjpiiHSiG84b6s&s And some types of shields could be used to form a shield wall or used like a pavise and some types of halberds might simply be small & light enough to use with one hand.: 2.bp.blogspot.com/-jMwlbRUoUmo/W0XS0j9DbpI/AAAAAAAAEys/pBMGBoVByJQmQ6G5q6ky4UOCkyajh_1JgCLcBGAs/s640/Ming_Dynasty_Shields.jpg 2.bp.blogspot.com/-mcU5Vm6CVFE/W0SQLUFPV3I/AAAAAAAAEyM/NsAwYZfEJKsB1ej25AmCE3u6C07o4nP9wCLcBGAs/s400/yan_wei_pai.jpg

Brilliant! I was just about to post something on Carpaccio's St. Ursula's voyage. I think that the combination of polearms (although with shorter shafts than usual), and large shields is typical of the fifteenth century Nothern Italy - more specifically is very much present in Venetian and Milanese held territories. The fact that the first picture is from Carpaccio, a Venetian, the second source come from Padua (a city under the Serenissima) while the third source -the manuscript - comes from Milan, sort of confirms that. In Italy the early fiftheenth century was a time of change and experimentation in warfare as the Italian infantries progressively moved from the classic communal militia (often armed with Pavese shields and polearms) to more mobile and "assault-like" formations of footmen (similar and coeval to the spanish rodeleiros). The presence of "Targoni" shields (the rectangular) and "Rotelle" or "Rotule" shields (the oval) is just the archeological evidence of such change in warfare style. The old Paveses were far too large and cumbersome to be of any use for the new "shock" infantry but, evidently, the tradition (and the wish of not being hit!) of having a shield was still very much radicated in the italian warfare.

What about a weapon of office? The man could wield a smaller halberd to better identify him as an officer and to help in the organization. If you notice, in the picture the man is also following (keeping the ranks in order?) some soldiers significantly less armed and armored, suggesting a difference in the status of the soldiers. A smaller halberd would be better than a normal size one to keep order in a tight formation. Supposing this could be true, the shield makes more sense too, as a parade piece for a richer soldier or an added protection for less expendable one. An officer, a sergeant, can use the advantages of keeping a shield without having to care about the impracticality of it in combat along with the halberd, since his main role is to organize and keep in check the troops rather than to be in direct combat. Now, before you tell me this theory is far fetched, remember that three polearms survived the age of black powder in the european armies until 18th century: the partisan, the spontoon (which ended to be almost identical in shape to the partisan) and the halberd. These weapons were used in a small and lightweight form for practicality. These weapons were also used to arm officers and non-commissioned-officers. Actually, in italian the little halberd is called "sergentina" because was the ordinance weapon used specifically by sergeants (NCOs), while officers used partisans (partigiana/e) and spontoons (spuntone/i). Wouldn't surprise me at all if the origin of the polearms used as symbols of office were during the low middle ages - or maybe even before: the Eastern Romans could have somewhat kept some traditions of the roman insignia - and the use simply continued to the 18th century.

@@albertorepetto2909 That's absolutley true, 17th and 18th century office weapons were in fact polearms bequeathed from this age, but I would rather look at the swiss tradition as the origin of such weapons. As you mention, the sergents had those primarily to keep the ranks tight and orderly. In this period, as I was saying, the Italian infantry was abandoning this warfare approach reliant on packed formations. Generally, two reasons are given for such switch in battlefield role: 1) organised formations required high discipline, training and a certain "esprit de corps" -such as was less and less present in the Italian footmen; 2) with the coeval technical advancement in costly armor the cavalry became the queen of battles in the italian peninsula, the melee infantry role became one of support. The footmen were supposed mainly to attack ranged units, artillery positions and storm the field fortifications that were so common in the Italian praxis of the period. In all those cases mobility and independent cohordination, rather than orderly tight ranks, were key.

Awesome

I think Mrs Easton might want some context also.

That needs to be on a T Shirt or something lol

A Tee shirt with " Matt Loves Hoes"

He was "stocking" his armoury.

"It's ceremonial"

What if he used it as a pavise

@@BelisariusAlKhwarizmi I agree 100%. Going onto a battlefield without cover sounds dangerous. Maybe a formation of halberdiers could move with pavises, and then pass them back to fight with the halberd two handed? Who knows..

OK, Everybody go home, Larry has won the internet for today. Let's all try again tomorrow

Need fork handles.

@Cipher " Looking for hoses to fit my armour", sounds edgy but still.

Browse before hose.

He's going to do a series on the best sword to use against giant marginalia snails, isnt he?

Run away!!

Armaments, chapter two, verses nine to twenty-one : And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy." And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and [gonna skip a bit here] And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it."

I think this is a reasonable hypothesis.

I don't think that's very likely since the shield would limit your chopping capability so you'd probably still choose a spear then.

Interesting but there is some things to consider. Pavise works great when exchanging missiles, as they can not really knock a slab of wood down. But in melee it would not take much effort to pull or push the pavises down.

We see this in depictions of Bohemian spear formations. Also in conjunction with muskets.

The ability to have some kind of mobility is really useful for fighting even if you're just holding a line and I'm inclined to believe it's more for added protection on the way to the fight. That said, if instead of seeing it as a personal shield to be glued to you had a couple ranks set them up as a solid wall, as long as it wasn't too tall, I could see fighting from behind that to be effective as long as you keep the enemy from getting closer to the wall than you (though if they were inclined to stop and fight from your wall after pushing you back instead of following through on an advance, that's not entirely without an upside.

I agree that "the exception proves the rule" does not mean, "every rule has an exception", or, even more weirdly, "the counter-example proves that the rule is true." I think it's a legal argument, first used by Cicero. For example, if you see a sign saying "Children under 10 must wear life jackets", that implies "Life jackets are not required EXCEPT for children under 10." The exception is evidence of a general, perhaps unspoken, rule.

Rabbits have edged weapons, every one is equipped with heeeug gnashing teeth

Have you seen how they hew vegetation into pieces? A horrifying display for the oxygen pooping kind!

Still can’t quite get over the fact that the idea of clerics not using swords is a D&D creation.

Islacrusez seems extraordinarily arbitrary, doesn’t it?

gordon thomas it’s amazing what is done for the sake of variety in game design.

Yep, in static defense formations big shields and couched polearms would be very effective at keeping four-leggers away from your archers.

Ah, schiltrom

Its the opposite of that actually. They use the shields to march towards the enemies formations and protect from arrow fire. They drop the shields once they reach the Melee.

@@Lowlightt why not both? Is there a source you relied upon to state it was definitely the one and not the other? (always looking to learn more :) )

Correction, woolly mammoth trunks

Elephant? There are no elephant in Endor! There are some Mûmakil, also known as Oliphaunts, if that is what you mean... :P

@@jakubp.6987 Endor?

@@VikingBadass94 Yop! Eastlerlings (those wariors with pikes and shields) are from Rhûn. Rhûn is a large region in the far eastern part part of Middle-earth, or Endor (in Quenya), or Ennor (in Sindarin), or the Great Lands (in The book of lost tales) is continent on planet of Arda. :)

@@jakubp.6987 Oh, wow, never knew that. I mean, I've spent hours on Tolkien Gateway(great website on Middle Earth history, including the Silmarillion in my opinion,) but never thought to look that up. Or maybe I have, and I just forgot. XD I guess Lucas wasn't the first to use Endor as a name.

that was my thought, with the prop they are remarkably hard to knock over. Get a unit going and it's a literal 'shield wall'. The Hussites also used them to block the gaps between wagons, you'd think that they'd carry them in the wagons but since they used the wagon burg aggressively they could carry them so as to block the gaps quicker.

Epic image

no his family arms is hoes rampant on a field verdant

Actually, I think the front rank of halberdiers may well have carried the pavises into place during the start of a battle for the crossbowmen to hide behind while they reload & fire just in front of the halberd (or pike) lines. That way the crossbowmen don't have to weave forward through the lines of halberdiers & pikemen carrying both their crossbow w. windlass and bolts as well as the pavise. This could also help obscure the motion of the crossbowmen setting up and allow a volley or two at incoming cavalry or even infantry before the crossbowmen retreat and allow the melee to occur

Also the Giants in Anor Londo, Dark Souls 1.

Yeah well chaos warriors are explicitly superhuman anyway, I can believe a strongman have the strength necessary to use a long axe one armed, or point control of s heavy axehead to thrust cleanlt

Right, you water your crops with a hose, but you wear a pair of hosen.

It's not impossible. Often painters would depict historic scenes with arms and armour that existed only during the period they were alive in. Like you said, Romans depicted using Medieval/Renaissance equipment.

@@RJALEXANDER777 archive.org/details/storyofalexander00steeiala/page/n9/mode/2up Story of Alexander, 1894 - ancient Greece illustrated entirely through late medieval style imagery, admittedly rather recent example, but that might prove the point even further.

I wouldn't be so sure about it. The italians utilized large shields like that very heavily, the big oval shields are called tabullacio by the way. But, yes they were probably influenced by depictions of roman legionnares.

(and there are some lovely 14C rants about naughty hose 🤭)