A.E. Chandler's Blog: Original History, page 5

Victorian Spear

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Behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum with the polearms. This spear was made by the Neogothic obsessed Victorians.

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Crusader Breastplate

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Behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum. This breastplate was on display for years as belonging to a crusader. After taking it out of its case and closely examining it, I've come to a different conclusion.

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South German Armour

Behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum. Having recently recatalogued this South German harness, I wanted to share some of the findings. The harness features a helmet with a snub-nosed visor inspired by Kolman Helmschmied.

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Bohemian Earspoon - Polearm

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Behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum with the polearms. This is an elaborately decorated, well-preserved Bohemian Earspoon.

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Notre Dame - Cathedral Fires

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After the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, medieval historian and author A. E. Chandler takes a look at what the fire at Notre Dame means, as well as other famous churches that have survived disaster.

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Maximilian-Style Armour

https://youtu.be/SWdEz4pwL1c

Behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum. Having recently recatalogued this Maximilian-style composite harness, I wanted to share some of the findings. The harness is a replica, with some genuine 16th century plates used to save on labour.

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Armour: Types of Helmets

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Behind the scenes with the Glenbow Museum's armour expert and author of The Scarlet Forest: A Tale of Robin Hood. See the different types of helmets worn by knights and soldiers through the centuries.

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Italian Armour - Behind the Scenes Video

https://youtu.be/-Zw-0Op42qo

Behind the scenes at the Glenbow Museum. Having recently recatalogued this Italian composite harness, I wanted to share some of the findings. The harness features a grand guard, and a Savoyard or totenkopf helmet.

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Review of Lion Hearted, by Andrew Loveridge

This book is written by a biologist who has spent years collecting first-hand information on how trophy hunting and other human activities affect the lion population in and around Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe.

Some people claim that trophy hunting can benefit wildlife conservation, however these claims are based on assumptions of how trophy hunting is “supposed” to work. Loveridge and his team at Hwange have observed, measured, and recorded the actual results there time and time again. They were able to see that the shooting of one male breeding lion started a chain reaction that led to most if not all of his pride being wiped out (his male coalition partner, females, and cubs).

This chain reaction is due to the complex social structure of lion society, where the killing of one lion inevitably leads to the deaths of others, especially where the lion killed is a male or a dominant female – the targets of trophy hunters. The male coalition partner, unable to hold a pride by himself, is killed by rival males, the females flee with their cubs to avoid the complete infanticide that accompanies takeovers, and often they end up seeking refuge outside the park on land used by locals for grazing their animals. The lions then hunt the grazing animals, prompting huge financial losses for local farming families who are already living hand to mouth, and this leads to confrontations between locals and lions, with deaths on both sides. Loveridge has spoken to hundreds of locals around Hwange, most of whom are fine with having the lions as neighbours as long as they don’t cause problems, and found that only 4.5% of farmers received money from trophy-hunting revenues: a one-time payment averaging $40. Meanwhile, families are losing well over $100 a year in livestock killed by lions driven out of the national park.

He has found that there are actually far fewer lions than were previously thought, some being counted three or four times in censuses due to their ranges being much larger than people realized (thousands of kilometres). As a result, more trophy hunting was allowed than the population could sustain and, given the far-ranging consequences of killing even one male, lions were being wiped out in Hwange, a fact that was lost due to a lack of understanding about how lion society operates and due to most trophy hunters and the guides that host them being from outside Zimbabwe, arriving and leaving without witnessing the consequences of their actions on the local environment and communities - lion and human.

This is an important book to read, with ideas about conservation and first-hand scientific data presented within engaging stories, that shows the true impact of killing “one” lion for sport.Lion Hearted: The Life and Death of Cecil the Future of Africa's Iconic Cats