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Cross-Post: Bishop and Coulston Third Edition
Cross-Post: Carlo Paggiarino Mailing List
I don’t know how many of my gentle readers are armour scholars. Carlo Paggiarino, maker of fine-art books on the details of medieval and renaissance European arms and armour, has a message:
Just a quick message to let you know that Hans Prunner Editore has launched a new subscription campaign.
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I have several of his books. They are self-published, and good armour books go out of print quickly and then become very expensive.
Read moreCross-Post: Capwell’s “Continental Armour in England, 1435-1500” in Pre-Order
Cross-Post: International Ancient Warfare Conference 2022

The latest International Ancient Warfare Conference will happen online from Thursday 23 June to Saturday 25 June under the sponsorship of Prof. Graham Wrightson in South Dakota. I am speaking in session 14 from 10.45 to 12.15 Saturday. The topic I picked is “Get to the Point: What Questions Should We Ask About a Spear?”
Sessions are open to the public and will not be publicly recorded (I may share my talk afterwards). There is no website for the conference, but here are a list of panels with links. All times are US Central Time (UTC -5.00).
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Another Chance to Register for Plataia 2022

Some of you will remember that the registration for the reenactment event at Plataia, Greece, was posted in 2018. From Giannis Kadoglou, there is now a new site to re-register for the event at https://plataea2022.com/
Read moreCross-Post: Bronze Spear Workshop, England, 11 July
Call For Sources: Spears in the Imperium Romanum

There are many great publications of Germanic, British, and Celtic spears. Are there any published spears from the imperium Romanum, especially the eastern half? Or from pre-imperial Italy? I’m curious about what woods were used, how the diameter varies from point to butt, and the overall length.
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