Links

* Redwall * Weaponry * heraldry * Armor * Heraldry * Japanese Swords *

Redwall

• Redwall.org: The official Redwall website. This site contains plenty of information on Brian Jacques.
• Redwall.net: Redwall.net has plenty of information, but its most remarkable pages are the recipes page and the links page.
• Starfire's Redwall Abbey: This is an excellent Redwall info site.
• Fort Ruddler: Fort Ruddler is a well-made Redwall club.
• Egburt the Scholar's Molespeech Dictionary: An excellent site for those who have a hard time understanding or writing molespeech.  It's very well done and a massive undertaking.
• Snowfur's Redwall Encyclopedia: The Encyclopedia is a massive index of all the characters in the Redwall series- even those hordebeasts who get their names mentioned only once and then get killed right away. 
• The Redwall Listings: A huge list of Redwall links.
• Terrouge Magazine: Terrouge is an excellent monthly Redwall online 'zine, with plenty of information and many well-written articles.  My only complaint is that they don't have an archive of back issues.
• The Long Patrol: The Long Patrol has a lot of general info about the series, as well as plenty of Redwall news.
• The Redwall Links: A sizeable list of Redwall links.
• Redwall Digest: A very well-designed and quite well-written Redwall e-zine.

Weaponry

• House Brigatta's Medieval Glossary and Information: Without this place, I wouldn't have known that many of the weapons now in the Armory even existed.  They list many obscure weapons and give short definitions of most of them.
• Archery in Medieval Times: An excellent index of many sites about archery all over the world.
• The Castle Armory: A nice site with summaries of various weapons.
• Hooking the Sword: How to wear a sword on your belt.  You don't wear it point-back and hilt-front!
• Mediaeval Sword Resource Site: A very useful site with lots of information, especially on sword anatomy.
• The Traveler's Inn: Several links to various medieval resources.
• Warfare, Weapons, and Armor: A nicely organized site with links to the topics mentioned in the title.
• There Is No Best Sword: An in-depth article about the development of various swords.  Quite interesting; worth a read.
• Fencing Online: An article about the history of fencing.
• Ethnographic Edged Weapons Resource Site: A very nice weaponry resource with weapons organized by origin.  There are a few weapons here not included in the Armory.
• Sword Terminology: A site about various blades, terminology used for swords, and the anatomy of swords.
• Kathryn's Dueling Guide: A site about dueling with the rapier, saber, and cutlass, written by the Director of Fencing Schools.
• Sword Forum International: The site for anything to do with swords.
• The Weapons Rack: An invaluable resource for information on and pictures of some of the harder-to-find weapons.
• Fantasized Adventures' Glossary of Weapons: A weapons glossary for a fantasy role-playing game.
• Gothic Arms: A nice site about various medieval weaponry and medieval life.  Requires Acrobat Reader.
• Historical Weapons: An excellent site with many articles on weapons, as well as weapons for sell.  Very useful.
• Non-Asian Fencing and Fighting Weapons: A slightly technical but still useful article on non-Asian fighting styles and weapons.
• Arms and Armor in the Late Medieval Age and Renaissance: An in-depth site on precisely what the title proclaims.
• The Complete Fencing Master: A fencing manual written in 1692.  Very interesting and extremely in depth, if somewhat heavy reading.
• Weapons of the Heraldic Age: A wonderful, well-designed, attractive site on mostly Irish weapons.
• Old Sword-Play: A great site with explanations of fighting styles from the eighteenth century.
• History of Sword Styles and Uses: Precisely what the title says.  Very informative.
• The Secret History of the Sword: Fascinating and in-depth.
• Training Program Structure: Tons of information on using blades, even longswords.  Excellent.

Japanese Swords

• Sword.ne.jp: A great site on Japanese swords, as long as you can get past the imperfect English.
• Japanese Sword Visual Glossary: An excellent Japanese sword resource.  Includes definitions and anatomy.
• Richard Stein's Japanese Sword Index: Marvelous.  I doubt you'll find a better resource on everything having to do with Japanese swords.  Includes glossaries, clubs, history, care, translating signatures, military swords, swordsmith indexes, articles, polishing, forging, and various other links.

Forging

• A Smith's Guide to Crafting Weaponry: A very short site with a small amount of information.  It was written for a fantasy role-playing game of some sort.
• Norman Sword: A smith's account of how he made a Norman-style sword.
• An Introduction to the Skill of Making Armor: An article introducing wannabe armorers to the craft of forging armor.
• Doug's Swordmaking Page: A good site on how to make swords; includes how to make a broadsword and how to make a katana.  Includes links.

Armor

• Anatomy of Armor: A glossary of armory terms.
• Arming a Knight: How a medieval knight got into his armor.
• Chivalry: A labeled diagram of an armored knight on his armored horse; includes a couple paragraphs on knights and armor.
• Samurai Armor Anatomy: A nice site on samurai armor.
• Lorica Body Armor: An explanation of Roman armor.  Very informative.
• Arms, Armor, and Knighthood: An index of links to various sites about the medieval times.
• The Arador Armor Library: A wonderful site about armor.

Heraldry

• The Points of Heraldry: A good heraldry site, very thorough.  It's a bit confusing, however.
• Basic Heraldry: A useful site covering the basics of heraldry.
• Heraldic Charges: An extremely useful site explaining heraldic symbols and their meanings.