Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Friday, 27 August 2021

Arms and armour videos VI: A Twelfth Century Knight


Unlike other videos I have drawn attention to on the subject of medieval arms and armour this is really a one-off presentation, an interview with a very knowledgeable re-enactor and on the website History with Hilbert

It is highly informative and gives an excellent idea of what a knight would have worn whilst on campaign in the reign of King Henry II.



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