Vikings did not wear much armour. Some chieftains wore mail ... The Vikings, like the Anglo-Saxons, fought on foot (not horseback) and in battle formed a ‘shield-wall’ where they locked ...

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The Anglo-Saxon burial site in Suffolk offered a real treasure trove of finds when discovered just before the Second World War, including weapons, armour, coins, jewellery, gold buckles, plaques and ...

Tobias Capwell is an author, lecturer, broadcaster, and the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection ... You know, Tolkien imagined the Rohirrim as Anglo-Saxons who fought like knights ...