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Weapons that Made Britain - Season 1 Episode 1 The Sword
10.00 48 minutes Weapons expert Mike Loades looks at the weapons that made Britain's history. The weapon perhaps most associated with the medieval period is the sword. Mike teaches a crash course in 15th-century fighting techniques using authentic techniques, observes the weeks-long Anglo Saxon technique of sword making, tests swords against the armour of the day, and tests different designs of swords.
