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Author: * MerlintheMad Knudsson -
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Date: Mar 9, 2004 - 21:34
Top panel, second horseman from the left, you can see a "dagged" raven banner on the lance of a Norman knight.
I should have said "banner" (singular) because this is the only example of a pagan banner on the Norman side. However, the heavy presence of mythic creatures on shields (wyrms, mostly) is also an indication that the Normans were anything but Christian warriors in their attitudes toward war. The fact that Harold's personal banner was a "Fighting Man", and that the windsock standard of Wessex was a dragon even at this late date is further evidence of a mixed pathematic: they hope for a Christian heavenly reward, but they are not beyond nursing an auxiliary belief in Valhalla too.
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