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9 pages in length. Self-preservation is a core component of human survival; in order for man to withstand threats to self and society, tools were necessary in order to outmaneuver the opposition. Medieval England has a rich and extensive arsenal of weaponry and siege engines that were instrumental in the many battles engaged for social, political and economic power; so valuable and highly prized were they that it was not uncommon for the implements to be buried with the dead. The extent to which these armaments continued a progression of battle tools that evolved from rudimentary to technologically advanced (Dawson, 2005) is both grand and far-reaching; such relatively simplistic weaponry was not only effective but quite ingenious for the level of apparatus and know-how available at the time. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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has a rich and extensive arsenal of weaponry and siege engines that were instrumental in the many battles engaged for social, political and economic power; so valuable and highly prized
were they that it was not uncommon for the implements to be buried with the dead (Williams, 2005; Harke, 2004). The extent to which these armaments continued a progression
of battle tools that evolved from rudimentary to technologically advanced (Dawson, 2005) is both grand and far-reaching; such relatively simplistic weaponry was not only effective but quite ingenious for the
level of apparatus and know-how available at the time (Prestwich, 2004). Arms and armor are essential to armies of any period: an army was only as good as its
weapons, defenses and tactics. Very often the limitations or capabilities of these shaped or dictated strategies and politics. A scholar who understands the limitations or advantages of certain
weapons or armor from a particular period will better understand some of the decisions made in battle (Knauss, 2005). II. WEAPONS Early
medieval weapons were made and used to inflict lethal wounds (Stansbury et al, 2007) inasmuch as hand-to-hand battle with such implements as swords, axes and spears inevitably provided close proximity
to ones target. Swords were particularly coveted by the Saxons who estimated their individual battle worthiness as being akin to no less than fifteen male servants and one hundred
twenty oxen; as such, the sword came to epitomize elevated status among warriors. One of many beneficial aspects about the sword was its ease of construction and fluidity of
movement when brandishing at the enemy. From the basic composition of long metal blade with a sharpened point on the then, swords were constructed in a number of formats
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