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[Kjartan Thorkelsson]

It was my understanding that huscarl comes from house carl or hearth guard or something like that. A personal retinue of warriors.

Pax
Kjartan

thomaslaw at epix.net wrote: 
     im not sure if the practice was continuous but Germanic chieftans were maintaining well armed household troops by the late roman empire. Would these be considered huscarls?


thomas jordan

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