For the purpose of promoting the Royal Ontario Museum's (ROM) ROMLife program, in which AEMMA will be delivering a presentation on "How a man shall be armed in the 14th century", scheduled for April 14th and May 12th, Breakfast TV interviewed David Cvet. The interview focused on the arms and armour of the period some of which were on hand for display, with questions relating to the manner in which armour is worn, and general questions, that no doubt, were similar to those found on our FAQs page.
A summary and videos are provided below for reference. The video file sizes range from 4.3MB - 6.7MB. The files will require QuickTime and are compatible with most Windows and Mac systems.
| No. | Segment | Description | Video |
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Good Morning: Look up and look way up to my first guest, David Cvet, president and founder of the Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts. Joining the ROM this Saturday and also on May 12th for the exhibit of "How shall a man be armed in the 14th century"... |  (4.3MB) |
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Elements of Arming: A man has many components needed to protect oneself against injury in battle. And we have some elements here on display of some equipment, for example, you start off with a padded under-garment called a "gambeson"... | (4.5MB) |
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Is this the real thing?: So that you get used to the armour, is it heavy? No, it's about a pound lighter. The point of the wooden equipment is to nail down the techniques so that you have good form and function... | (4.7MB) |
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Fun and fitness: This is for fun and fitness. This is a smaller one. This is a dagger? Yes, it's called a rondel dagger, a very common piece of equipment hung from the belt to be used in case you loose your sword... | (4.9MB) |
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Were men as tall as you?: Were men as tall as you back in the 14th century? There are accounts of individuals as tall as myself. The average medieval male was about 2" shorter than today's average male... | (4.9MB) |
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Hounskul: This is a hounskul. It's shaped like this to deflect the blows from the face. Once you're dressed and ready for battle, how much extra weight would you be wearing? Depending upon the size of the individual, from 60-70 lbs.... | (6.8MB) |