Comments - shimazu94

Questions 01: What is your favorite weapon created between age 1000-1700?

Katana, because of its beauty.

Questions 02: If you should fight in a war year 1200, would you have used armor?

I would have used armor to protect myself. Wearing proper armor would greatly increase the chance of survival, for example, protecting you from stray arrows.

Questions 03: What do you think is easier in age 1200? To protect a castle or attack a castle?

I would say protecting a castle is easier, that's why people of that time built a lot of castles. Directly attacking a heavily fortified castle would be very costly for the attackers. If the attacker choose to use siege weapons like trebuchets to breach the wall or starve off the people inside the castle, it would take a long time. A longer campaign is expensive for attackers as well because they still need to maintain their supply and pay wages (for mercenaries). It was not until the advent of gun powder that castles started to lose their original purpose, that is a focal point of defence.

Questions 04: What is your favorite movie, involving the time from 1000-1800, and why?

My favorite movie is Braveheart. Although the movie is not very historically accurate, the movie provokes a strong emotional response from me (especially the scene when William Wallace cried "freedom" before dying). Also, the movie by itself is interesting to watch, and the battle scenes are epic. Many people tried to replicate the battle of Sterling in the movie in Medieval 2 Total War. I learned some about Scottish history from this movie, and it aspires to do more research about Scotland at the time.