Glasgow Historical Fencing Society

17/07/2026

This has been kicking around my resource library for an age.
Embarrassing as that is time head round to the local coffee shop and give it the attention it deserves.

19/01/2026

Love New Book Day.

24/09/2025

If you fancy some medieval nutrition along with you medieval violence check out Our Jennie's up and coming Vegetarian Food series at Medieval Food with Jennie.

Tasty vegetarian food isn't always the first thing people think about when they think about medieval cookery. Join me from Oct 1st for a week of (hopefully tasty) medieval vegetarian recipes for National Vegetarian Week 2025.

20/09/2024

Looking at trials by combat

https://www.medievalists.net/2024/06/medieval-trial-combat/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1b8o7jSfWs7FK_VgkhxlqS9TadjgNjWvCaOykb7pNIeEnPWQbzDTor-uE_aem_70uIZLFLDMtw7VAvO4kIqA

Over the course of the thousand years that made up the Middle Ages, people were constantly working to refine their justice systems so that they would be more fair and impartial. Along the way were various missteps, of course – trial by ordeal stands out as a particularly nasty stage of the process...

28/08/2024

Cracking article

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/bzK3QEfGNwCGPBPS/

In cases of r**e and sexual violence, women had few other avenues for seeking justice.

15/01/2024

I ABSOLUTELY LURVE New Fechtbuch Day

28/11/2023

An Amazing Find

https://news.yahoo.com/seven-swords-left-marsh-3-222157021.html hi

The weapons were likely left as a ritual offering, archaeologists said.

04/11/2023

Congratulations to our Bryn of Blue Hound Bladeworks on his marriage to Lou.
All the best for the future

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1053649345741483&id=100032892834084

What did you get up to for Halloween? Me? I just got heckin married to my very favourite person and best ever friend !

10/09/2023

Cache of Roman Swords A fantastic archeological find

Jewish rebels may have hidden the weapons away from the Roman army in the second century C.E.